Trickle interruptus

When I tried to fire up the pool fountain -- the lion on the cabana wall -- the pump ran just fine. The connection from the pump to the tube feeding the lion on the wall was another matter: The fitting connecting the two had broken off from the pump housing.

I drained the whole thing, watched it fill up with rain again, drained it again . . . and then Robert volunteered to get a replacement pump. I put it in, we fished the power cord through the little gap, I spliced wires, and the power (.07 amps vs. .5 amps) wouldn't even push an air bubble up and out the lion's mouth.

Another pump, an industrial-grade replacement plug and several hours' work later: good as new.