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Subject: Re: low water flow

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Fred Dungan (insulation)
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Date Posted: 17:04:26 01/11/08 Fri
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In reply to: Doug Lage 's message, "low water flow" on 19:12:10 01/09/08 Wed

If I read your email address correctly, you live near Rochester. I have heard that you get some rather hard freezes there. Is the line insulated?

>We have a geothermal heat pump that runs off well
>water. Everything was working fine, but then it got
>cold and our water flow went from the needed 10
>gal/min to 3 gpm.
>
>We had the heat pump serviceman come out and he said
>the problem was that there needs to be at least 7 gpm
>running through the water lines for the heat pump to
>work properly so the well pump must have quit working.
> We had the well pump serviceman look at the well pump
>and he said the pump's working fine, there's water
>running through it, no air in the line, but that the
>line must be frozen and that's what causing the low
>flow.
>
>We hung a heat light in the well, and it's been in the
>60's the past 3 days, but the water flow is still way
>down.
>
>We've been told the problem is NOT the well pump and
>NOT the heat pump, but no one can tell us what IS the
>problem!
>
>How do we find out where the problem is, what the
>problem is, and then what can we do to fix it? Anyone
>had this problem? Any suggestions?

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Re: low water flow Doug Lage 08:34:54 01/13/08 Sun

Re: low water flow -- Fred Dungan (Br-r-r-r), 16:33:41 01/13/08 Sun

Re: low water flow -- Doug Lage, 16:45:27 01/13/08 Sun

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><font face=georgia color=maroon>If I read your email >address correctly, you live near Rochester. I have >heard that you get some rather hard freezes there. Is >the line insulated?</font> > >>We have a geothermal heat pump that runs off well >>water. Everything was working fine, but then it got >>cold and our water flow went from the needed 10 >>gal/min to 3 gpm. >> >>We had the heat pump serviceman come out and he said >>the problem was that there needs to be at least 7 gpm >>running through the water lines for the heat pump to >>work properly so the well pump must have quit working. >> We had the well pump serviceman look at the well pump >>and he said the pump's working fine, there's water >>running through it, no air in the line, but that the >>line must be frozen and that's what causing the low >>flow. >> >>We hung a heat light in the well, and it's been in the >>60's the past 3 days, but the water flow is still way >>down. >> >>We've been told the problem is NOT the well pump and >>NOT the heat pump, but no one can tell us what IS the >>problem! >> >>How do we find out where the problem is, what the >>problem is, and then what can we do to fix it? Anyone >>had this problem? Any suggestions?

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