RM> still show the odd night when it may drop a bit below
RM> freezing so that could be an issue briefly. It's doubtful
RM> it will freeze hard enough to damage anything but I might
RM> have to wait several hours the next morning for the water
RM> line to thaw out..

AA>No hot water for the day or for washing?

I keep a couple of pails of water this time of year to use in case
the system freezes up overnight.. but I don't actually have Hot
running water at any time. When I need it I heat pots of water on
the stove.

This early in the spring the water is still fairly low in Georgian Bay.
They usually figure it will reach it's deepest point around July 1st.
I've been trying to avoid adding more length to my inlet line but it was
pretty borderline whether a particularly low water day, such as wind
coming from the wrong direction (rare) or, at the moment with it being
so close, a dead calm day is almost shallow enough to worry that the
foot valve will suck in some air and the system lose its prime.

To add to the problem, if that happened when I wasn't aware of it
the water pump would start up and run dry and keep running non stop
and could burn out the pump.

The stand puts the foot valve about 18 inches from the bottom and,
where the stand is located, there's usually close to a foot of water
above it as well. This year I changed the inlet to make a 90 degree
turn down, giving me about an extra 4 inches above the inlet but
recently on calm days I barely had 3 inches of water above it..
So today, being calm and a balmy 11c (52f) I went wading out to the
stand and raked some sand from under it to set it about 4 inches deeper
to pick up a little more depth.

Right now the snow is still melting well up North of here into Lake
Superior and, draining down, the water will get deeper here fairly
quickly so hopefully soon I won't have to think about this at all
anymore this year, at least until the water starts to drop again
later into October or November..   B)

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