Lake Water Pipe Question

[fatlazyless]

Drawing the water out of the lake all year 'round....here's what I did....when I turn on the kitchen faucet, what comes out is Lake Winnipesaukee water with no filters what-so-ever. While I do not drink it, I do brush my teeth with it (in the bathroom). A 3-gal water container lug-a-jug carries treated town water for drinking, cooking and making coffee.

In 1992, I installed a 125' x 1 1/4" black poly tube that goes from the kitchen water pump-storage tank into the lake to a depth of about six feet. Pyrotenax Co ....now maybe renamed Tyco....purchased from Gilford Well sells the Pyrotenax heated waterlines....made in Ontario for use by farmers and others...to draw water from a lake all year round. Something like 888-watts, 220-volts, 3-amps are the specs for 125' ... controlled with a turn knob temperature thermostat powers up the heat wire inside the pvc tube to melt any build-up of slushy ice that clogs it up.

Installation says to bury the tube just six inches down into the dirt, and run it through a two inch pvc tube where it crosses under the rocky embankment and down into the lake.

Gilford Well charged me $1050. for the system which all came in one big box including the 125' black poly tube, internal heat cable, thermostat control and thermostat sensor....it did not include a foot valve. Supposedly, the black poly tube is a high pressure pvc that expands if a freeze-up occurs ...and unlike the hardware store black pvc that cracks when frozen....the high pressure pvc is still usable(?). One year, I forgot to turn on the circuit breaker till February or sometime.... and the pipe froze up....after turning the breaker on....it thawed out in two days and works just fine thereafter.

Installed in 1992....and still works perfectly today...has needed no maintenance since 1992....did it myself....not too shabby.....budda-bing-bang-boom.....made in Ontario, Canada by Pyrotenax.