If one sets up as the pump as is shown in the picture, then the power cord is necessarily below the water's edge. Good thing I have tried them carefully, because after the pump has run reliably and quietly, I kept my fingers into the water and got a neat missed. If the power outlet protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter, would surely securing kicked so but I was the Gelackmeierte. After about 100 orders at Amazon, this is the first article that I return.