I have a crawl space here in VA, and my pipe from the well is frozen. Its a part time place, and when I got here today I turned on the water heard the pressure switch click then never heard it again and the pressure went down in my tank. I went under the house and discovered something went under the foundation making a big breeze hole right on the pipe. Also chewed through the heat tape. I replaced the heat tape, filled the hole and reinsulated the pipe. The heat tape has been on for about an hour. The control box says its a franklin submersible motor control(hooked to the pressure switch) Did it burn out the pump? is there any way to reset the pump, I am hoping it has some kind of built in breaker. I have left the breaker in the box off and try if every so often but worried it may have cooked the motor. Any thoughts?

Some Franklin motor control boxes have one and even two reset buttons mounted on the BOTTOM side of the box which are not easily visible (Not bottom front). These would be worth checking for. IMO the pump would not likely be "Burnt out" unless it was allowed to run dry or against a frozen plug of ice. (run without pumping water).

Not a professional well installer



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Thanks WC, its an older model (79 manufacture date) with no reset. 2.5 hours later I flipped the breaker and I have water! Thank you for the input though, it takes a good man to help another he doesn't know. Have a great day



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Consider the use of Heat Core by Frost-Tex. Read the instructions several times. You can apply insulation over the heat tape.

Best Wishes