I used to live in Fremont north of San Jose, and yes, I wouldn't consider leaving the water running all night on a meter.
Coarsegold doesn't get much colder than the Central Valley floor. I'm at +/-2200' behind Chukchansi and the temp dropped to a low 27, but only got up to 38, because the hillside gets no sunlight during the winter. It snowed a bit on the 10th and it's still lingering in the shadows.
It turns out that leaving the water running wasn't enough to stop the pump from freezing up, but it thaws out around 10:30 with no apparent issues. I'll be talking with the property management company about insulating the pump and running an extra pipe heater there, since this wouldn't be acceptable if I had to shower in the morning for work.
I'll take the tree squirrels over the ground squirrels.
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Date: 2013-01-15 02:20 am (UTC)Coarsegold doesn't get much colder than the Central Valley floor. I'm at +/-2200' behind Chukchansi and the temp dropped to a low 27, but only got up to 38, because the hillside gets no sunlight during the winter. It snowed a bit on the 10th and it's still lingering in the shadows.
It turns out that leaving the water running wasn't enough to stop the pump from freezing up, but it thaws out around 10:30 with no apparent issues. I'll be talking with the property management company about insulating the pump and running an extra pipe heater there, since this wouldn't be acceptable if I had to shower in the morning for work.
I'll take the tree squirrels over the ground squirrels.