I help look after a former one room schoohouse that is used for community events. It is only used intermittently in winter, and the non-submersible deep well iron jet pump is housed in an enclosed room in the cellar, heated by an electric space heater that kicks on when the temperature in that room goes below 40F.
Long story short, we've lost several jet pumps to freezing over the years due to snafus; that gets expensive.
I would like to try to figure out a way to also arrange a thermostatically controlled "block heater" (as with engines) on the pump itself, as an insurance policy.
Anyone ever heard of someone doing that, or how, or have any brainstorms?
Thanks
Long story short, we've lost several jet pumps to freezing over the years due to snafus; that gets expensive.
I would like to try to figure out a way to also arrange a thermostatically controlled "block heater" (as with engines) on the pump itself, as an insurance policy.
Anyone ever heard of someone doing that, or how, or have any brainstorms?
Thanks