Frozen well pump - help!

I understand perfectly well how they work. You, apparently, did not understand what I wrote. Perhaps you should re-read it. My point was that it doesn't matter whether the hydrant is shut off before, or after, the pump -- as long as it is shut off.

snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote in news:Zvxxh.1017$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net:

I'm near Greencastle. Originally I'm from NY, tho. How do you like them Colts, eh? I saw The Bills go to the Superbowl four times and lose but got a Superbowl team in IN. :)

Been a Colts fan since they moved here. We've waited a *long* time for this, and I'm loving every minute of it.

Still frozen after 24 hours. :(

Anyone know how I can create a hole in the ozone right over the hydrant?

-12 overnight was probably not a big help in getting anything thawed even WITH heat tape and insulation.

"FragileWarrior"

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:18:11 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior

"FragileWarrior"

depending on the size of the tent contraption....it'll melt or burn it up. those heaters put out too many btu's. she needs direct heat source to the pipe and ground surface not just ambient warm air. like a thremal blanket.

mike........

Art Todesco wrote in news:zRNxh.2823$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net:

I don't own one and I don't know anyone who does. Nor can I find one for rent and I'm not buying one just for this. Plus, it wasn't a canvas tarp, it was a plastic one. It would have been a blue plastic puddle real quick. :)

"JerseyMike" wrote in news:s0Oxh.534428$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

I think I'm going to give up and wait this out. Everyone THINK SPRING for me.

In article , FragileWarrior for me.

You won't have to wait for spring. We'll have above-freezing temperatures again soon. My guess is by Valentine's Day. What we're experiencing right now is unusual for central Indiana: "normal" February weather is lows in the low

snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote in news:wXPxh.71490$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:

God, I hope so. Gunga Din, I'm not.

I'm glad you got parole.

I spent JHS and HS in Indianapolis.

WAs there two years ago for my uncle's funeral. The city is bigger but nothing else has changed.

It might have been on this group I mentioned how they motor boat in one of the city's two reservoirs, and people didn't believe me. (They only have sail boats in the other.)

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:13:30 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior I made this mistake??

Didn't you make the mistake precisely because the pipe was frozen and there was no water coming out? If there had been water coming out, you would have turned it off.

This is a variation on those where there is a water main break and they turn their faucet on and when no water comes out, they don't close it again. Then when the water is repaired, the water comes out full blast, and overflows the sink etc.

I think most people** do this until they have some bad experience, although often that is a very small one.