1.   And he talked about frustrations he had over trying to fix a backyard pool pump.

2.   Falater probably attacked his wife because she interfered as he was using a hunting knife to dig an O-ring out of the pool pump, Kimerer says.

3.   His story is that he was asleep and went outside to fix the pool pump in a trance-like state.

4.   Kimerer said one theory is that Falater walked in his sleep to the pool pump, picked up the knife and was interrupted by Yarmila, Kimerer said.

5.   Many companies offer radio-controlled switches that will turn off an air conditioner or a pool pump.

6.   Some jurors concluded that Falater may have been sleepwalking when he first attacked his wife, stabbing her repeatedly next to the pool pump.

7.   The defense attorney says Falater was under stress at work, and was bothered as well because his pool pump was broken.

8.   The most common pool pump is the centrifugal pump.

9.   They contend a sleepwalking Falater went outside to fix a pool pump using a hunting knife when his wife touched him, sending him into a violent rage.

10.   To drain a pool, just rent a submersible pool pump and hose from any rental shop, and place it in the pool bottom.