Thanks David.

So it sounds like my submersed pump might still be broken even if I
can hear it pumping & I can't see anything that has burst. I have
never replaced this pump, & I have had ice in the tank previously.

I might stick the pump in a bowl of water & observe what it does.

Pax,

Tom

On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:56 PM, David Beierl wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> At 02:35 PM 1/3/2010, Tom Buese wrote:
>> I did open it up from inside & try to thaw it out w/ the wife's hair
>> dryer(much to her disgust), but only succeeded in melting the top,
>> but not much else.
>
> Calcium chloride (high-grade ice melt) will melt stuff very well.
> Unlike rock salt it generates significant heat as it dissolves -- I
> tried to make a saturated solution once and it got up to 185F.
> That's why it's no good for ice cream.  So use lots but keep an eye
> on the solution temperature.
>
>> Turned the sink faucet on, & I could hear the pump working but no
>> water coming out as the 1/4" line is probably still frozen?
>
> Or else the pump is broken.  The submersible pump will burst if
> water freezes inside it, and I'm pretty sure the cabinet-mounted
> one will too.
>
> Yrs,
> d

Tom Buese
tombuese@comcast.net