Author Topic: CSV's and leaving the water trickle to stop Freezing?  (Read 3175 times)

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CSV's and leaving the water trickle to stop Freezing?
« on: January 12, 2014, 06:45:28 PM »
If a CSV is installed can I still leave the water running at a trickle pencil lead thin to prevent freezing and to cycle the system some when it's freezing?  Or will the pump constantly run?   :o

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Re: CSV's and leaving the water trickle to stop Freezing?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2014, 07:08:50 AM »
No problem letting the water trickle with a CSV.  If this is something that you need to do often, you might want to add an additional pressure tank to the 4.5 gallon size tank that is most common with a CSV.  But you don't want a very large tank or the well head may freeze before the pump comes back on.  I would say to use no larger tank than about a 20 gallon size that holds 5 gallons of water.