Well was frozen... now pump won't shut off

my well froze friday night... no water but the gauge is holding 82 psi

today [monday], the weather got to 50 or so for the entire afternoon and i had placed a space heater in the well house.

now the well has cut back on, but will run continuously without shutting off. pressure gauge still hasn't moved and there's still no water to the house.

does this meant the water in the tank is still frozen? does it need a prime even if there is still pressure? could the hose communicating with the pressure switch have a hydrate plug?

please help and thanks in advance...

okay well so much for it holding pressure... i pulled the gauge off and it still shows the same pressure reading... going to try priming

If the pump is in the well, you don't prime that type of pump.

It sounds as if you have a leak which was probably caused by the freezing of the pipe, probably inside the well. If so and there is a breal in the pipe, it could break off and drop the pump down the well.

I'm just guessing but you probably have an above ground pump. If that's the case the pump has probably lost it's prime. You may have a suction leak somewhere but my guess is that the pump lost it's prime.

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