Hydrotools pool cover pump - submersible?

[AnnaK]

Looking further....did you mean 'HYDROPOOL' ?? If so Hydropool.com has a bunch listed. Which one?
Al

Hi Al,

The box says SWIMLINE HYDROTOOLS COVER PUMP STYLE 5440. Below that is "Hydrotools by ILP/Swimline". There's a big WARNING on the pump housing: "This pump is not to be used to drain the pool cover if there are people in the pool." Um . . . ya. ILP stands for International Leisure Products of Edgewood, NY. I just saw that on the carton.

The device is a black box 4" x 3.5" x 2.5". One of the narrow sides has a hole and inside I see a white impeller. The hole is what one connects the garden hose adaptor to, it just slides in. It has to be somehat submersible, doesn't it, just to suck water off a cover?

I just found a photo of it, here: http://www.swimline.com/PgLinks%5CPg-134135.htm .

There is sort of a grid on the pump behind which there appears to be a mesh screen. That part goes in the water and would be the inlet, I guess. I do not know how to describe the cord penetration and sealing. The cord is black and thick like an orange outdoor cord, and it has a bunch of writing on it. Three prong plug.

Does any of this help?