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I'd guess your well water is around 50° to 55° down at the 120' depth. That's about what I get here, summer and winter. It's common for the water pipe from a well to be buried only a few inches from the surface in this area.[/b]
Three times, I think. Once to pick up the distributor, once when I brought the carb intake boots, and once to investigate the heating oil situation. I must not be overly annoying if you underestimate my visits. 30° might be a bit on the high side. It may hit 20% or 30% in spots. The Internet tells me that 30% is about 17° ;D
Let me just jump in here (as I have nothing better to do) , and say the good news is your water is running. Im thinking this is bottom of winter here. Last year was killer for frozen everything. Woodrow-10F here in Norhern Wisconsin
I think we going to be close to 0 Thursday night which in the 27 years I have lived here I have never seen.
Supposed to be -13 degF here tomorrow night, which we're generally not really equipped for! Another night to be up feeding stove and running water ..... !Lannis
If the power does go out for more than a a few hours , and you never know, is it a option to go down into the water bunker room and drain pipes back ? Then if and when the power comes back at lest you have dry unfrozen pipes to fire up .****Oof-Da Woodrow
I notice Vasco de Gamma conspicuously absent from the commentary. Do they have weather in Oz?
--when the propane tank hits empty. Is there harm to anything mechanical, or is there an issue with an "air gap" in the line when refilled, restarted, etc.? If so, should/can one do anything preemptive to prevent or mitigate damage?Bill
I don't know of anything bad happening from running out. I have a propane powered fork lift and I normally run it on a tank until it quits, and then swap tanks. In fact, unlike gasoline engines, there is no extra cranking to start it after a full tank is connected.
I drain the water from the whole system, turn off the well pump, and empty the toilet tanks whenever we leave the house for more than few days in cold weather. Takes a few minutes to do and undo. Presume it's worthwhile; even if not, a false sense of peace of mind helps ... until reality hits. ;) We have a 17Kw (almost) whole-house generator, but when, as right now, the propane people guessed wrong and cannot keep up with deliveries -- we are at a "very concerning" level just now -- I worry about what would happen if we run out of propane. Maybe you or others here know what happens -- besides the obvious power loss --when the propane tank hits empty. Is there harm to anything mechanical, or is there an issue with an "air gap" in the line when refilled, restarted, etc.? If so, should/can one do anything preemptive to prevent or mitigate damage?C'mon spring. This sucks. :'(No. ;DBill
On modern propane heating systems the computer takes over and will reset over and over trying to fire the burners. Eventually any air would pass through and it will work. On the older unit with a pilot light you hold down button and keep fire on it until it lights. Are there any old pilot light burners out there?If you have a gas cooking stove just light a match and turn on the valve to get gas in the pipes flowing.
Thanks.Happy to report that the cavalry arrived today just as we feared the hostiles were going to get through our final protective fires. ;DIn actuality, we still had just shy of a 20% cushion, but, as I am a nervous Nellie and the temps and the possible need for the propane-fired generator, I was still worried. ::)BTW, to compare for anyone interested in propane-pricing in this area, at least, this delivery was $2.349 a gallon. I cannot say -- without hurling :'( -- how many gallons went in. But, it was last delivered to full on 27 Dec. Really not bad, IMO, considering, tho we also have to factor in some our electric bill for that period as we have made some use of the oil-filled-radiator spot heaters.On balance, very happy. Hard to buy peace of mind. Mine is much better now.Now to the next thing to obsess over. :DBill
Do you have water today, Harvey? I was relieved when I found that I do. I must have buried the pipe deeply enough after all. When I put in the pipe and power wire, I ran an extra wire in case I came up with a use in the future. After having the pipe freeze at the well head one winter when we had a 10° low, wired it to an outlet, and have a 75 watt lamp plugged in. When it's very cold, I plug in the end at the house.