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ApS · 04-18-2005, 08:56 AM

Some mornings, I can only hope that the intake water-line hasn't gotten frozen somewhere along the line.

1) Where is it most likely to freeze (lake or crawl-space pump)?
2) Is there a passive way to prevent freezing? (It's already black in color, and mostly hidden by pine needles).
3) Is there an alarm to prevent the pump from turning on under frozen-waterline conditions?
4) How long will a "once-primed-wet" pump run, and not be damaged while not able to pump water? Ten minutes? An hour?
5) Would you replace bearings, or just buy "new"? (Optional question for FLL -- I know that answer to "buying new".

Just any one (of the five) answer(s) is fine -- I just thought I'd cluster them).

04-18-2005, 08:56 AM	#7
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,807 Thanks: 2,099 Thanked 749 Times in 536 Posts	OK, and relating to that: Some mornings, I *can only hope* that the intake water-line hasn't gotten frozen somewhere along the line. 1) Where is it most likely to freeze (lake or crawl-space pump)? 2) Is there a passive way to prevent freezing? (It's already black in color, and mostly hidden by pine needles). 3) Is there an alarm to prevent the pump from turning on under frozen-waterline conditions? 4) How long will a "once-primed-wet" pump run, and not be damaged while not able to pump water? Ten minutes? An hour? 5) Would you replace bearings, or just buy "new"? (Optional question for FLL -- I know that answer to "buying new". Just any one (of the five) answer(s) is fine -- I just thought I'd cluster them).