Posted: 12/7/2009 5:51:46 PM EDT
first fail heat lamp for well failed = frozen water 
second fail water preps stored in shed with well equipment frozen solid
high of 20 today wind chill who knows
Good news is new heat lamp bulb and 5 hours got water thawed out, brought some water in house and thawed it next to kerosene heater good excuse to test prep heaters 70 deg in house now about 19 outside last time i looked furnace is off so i can test kerosene heaters 
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| keep spare bulbs for your heat lamp, I do, its 17 outside here now, were nw of salem in the country. open your crawlspace door if you have one inside, keep warm and good luck, we arent used to this kinda cold here in oregon. and always store your water in a more temp controlled enviroment |
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i have no experience with the cold and a well, but what if you picked up two or three large fish tank heaters and put them in the well, they can be fully submerged and can be set as high a hundred degrees. just a thought The water in the well doesn't freeze. It is the water in the pipes on the surface. There is also a heater that is wrapped around the pipe itself and plugged in. The heat lamps are great because they heat the surface and not the air. I would aim the lamp at the pressure tank and let it radiate heat into the pump house. If you are dripping a faucet it shouldn't get too hot.( although at those temps it shouldn't be a problem) (shiver smilie here) |
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first fail heat lamp for well failed = frozen water
second fail water preps stored in shed with well equipment frozen solid
high of 20 today wind chill who knows
Good news is new heat lamp bulb and 5 hours got water thawed out, brought some water in house and thawed it next to kerosene heater good excuse to test prep heaters 70 deg in house now about 19 outside last time i looked furnace is off so i can test kerosene heaters You guys and your warm weather. Like 20 degrees is cold or something. Thats funny. It was -22 below on my back porch this a.m.
Just kidding with ya, glad you got everything thawed out. 
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we arent used to this kinda cold here in oregon. 1. Thank AG for inventing global warming. 2. It is not cold outside. At the request of the global warmers, the National Weather Service is massaging the data ("trickery") to demonstrate that it's actually warmer today than it was on this date last year. |