And the project marches on - to the electrical connections... This is the 12 Volt conduit buried near the pond wall.  You can see two of the T's with the individual wires coming out to connect the fixtures. All the electrical work you see on this page was done to code, and inspected. Detail of the 12V connections in the conduit.  The landscape includes 20 gorgeous copper light fixtures.  These conduits were easy to place around the pond when the trench around the shell was open. 12 Volt lighting at night.  Note the shine on the Micacious Shale rock.  In the day, the rocks look like liquid silver, but at night, they have warmth and texture in addition to their reflective properties.  Great rocks are really important to create a great pond! 'The pond's inhabitant will all be female.  They are the tamest, and have the best body shape, and there won't be any 'hanky-panky' with the boys.  Even though Koi eat their eggs, the problem is that the spawning process is very violent, and lost scales do not make a good show fish!' Todd is pulling wires in the basement for the new 125 Amp service for the pond.  Well, it was an opportunity to re-wire the house... The final circuit breaker box for the pond.  The wires still need to be connected, but you can clearly see all the special ground-fault circuits. 'Sure looks like these people are going around in circles!' To make receptacles for all the pumps, UV lights, blowers, and other electrical pond equipment, the new circuit wires had to be run to a main junction box in the basement.  The wires are all color-coded with colored electrical tape. All the skimmer pumps,  waterfall pumps and underwater lights needed to be switched outside too, so more wire connected the junction box in the basement to this panel on the patio. Todd created the aluminum front panel using parts from Granddad's old shop.  He spent hours designing the wiring and making the panel easy to use and attractive! 'These people think they are so clever.' The outside box attached to the wall of the house.  All the switches are carefully labeled and have been tested! Here's the corner of the house with the outside switch box.  Directly underneath all this is the trench holding all the plumbing from the pond! How to keep ahead of the project time line... Another detail of the electrical work.  The big copper cable in the middle is attached to the rebar 'cage' of the pond, and all of the high voltage underwater lights for grounding.  The cable is then connected to a lightning rod driven 8 feet into the ground. The back of the waterfall shows some electrical wiring too!  The wires from the underwater lights had to be long enough to run to the box without any splices.  The 12V was certainly easier! What we did NOT want was 50,000 gallons of water from the pond running into the basement!  Although, the bunny would be ready! Todd designed an alarm system for the pond in his shop!  Here is the finished alarm box, that not only whoops when a sensor is tripped, but also starts the auto-dialer making phone calls! The electrical panel for the house and pond in the basement.  In the bottom right corner is the tan box with all the pond circuit breakers, and under that is the alarm box and auto-dialer.  There are several sensors for the alarm.  One set lets us know if the floor under the pumps starts to get wet (there is also a curb separating this section of the floor, and directing any water into the sump pump for the basement).  Another sensor lets us know if the pond water level drops.