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[Scott7m]

Yea the pump isn't rattling.  I plan on placing on the bottom for that fact of the weight of the water to help with pushing air out and not run out of water.

It has more benefits than that as well, also creates more balanced water temp from top to bottom which is also important.

[willieG]

with no insulation, if you werehaving teh cold weather we were here in ontario and you were moving no water for  even as little as 24 hours you could easily have frozen any lines above the frost ( your hint to this was when you said "i opened the drain in the basement and no water came out" I would be taking the lines off the pump at the OWB and seeing if i could run a nice stiff number 9 wire down there till you knew you were all clear on the ice factor? i just read you have no insulation so i hope your pipes are deep enough to be below the  frost line in your area? with no insualtion yoru water in the pipes would cool rather quickly when not moving.

i am with everyone else on here that you likely  have (had) an air lock but if you ahve not moved water in your pipes in 24 hours, and you have freezing temps you likely have some frozen lines (at least what is above ground?)

jsut some thing you might like to look at before starting the pump again?