Ok Bill,
My guess would be with the length of run, you are not getting enough voltage at the furtherest end of your run.
You can run a pump like that on a 12V circuit as long as it is run like a ring circuit, with the lighting on it too.
Most ELV pumps are of the Shaded Pole type, wound to a certain voltage and they only rotate one way, and they only work on AC!.
Col,
Just make sure that your wires are large enough to carry the current.
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