Harpman
New Member
HI..I have a lake home in Northern Ontario with an "in lake" water pump connected to the cottage with about 100 yds of pipe. The pipe is partially heated with a heat line for winter use to where the pipe goes below the lake freezing level...maybe 100ft (ice gets about 4 ft thick here!). The system works fine and I get good lake water all winter. But in order to save hydro costs (sometimes I feel like I am heating the whole lake!) I would like to be able to turn the heat line off when I am away from the cottage during extended times in the winter. It isn't practical for me to go out into the lake and lift the pump or anything like that. I would like a system that I can "charge up" when I am there in the winter and then turn off when I leave.
So...with an "in lake" pump, with the pump turned off,is there a way of blowing....or sucking the water out the pipe so that I can turn off the heating cable when I am not there?
Thanks!
So...with an "in lake" pump, with the pump turned off,is there a way of blowing....or sucking the water out the pipe so that I can turn off the heating cable when I am not there?
Thanks!