Cecil,

I pulled the penaut butter jar today and 10' water temps are 62 , it's been windy this weekend and my float kept blowing around and wedging the jar at 10' ( ish ) .

I took surface adn well water temps with an $8.00 digital meat thermometer so I can't imagine the results would be off at all ( sarcasm ) .. But with that being said if it is 2-8 degrees off it was off for both readings so the difference of 26 degree from well to surface should be pretty accurate. I think we have a pretty shallow well so maybe that accounts for the higher temps at the spicot ?

I have been pumping well water for 2 days now and water levels only rose about an 1/8 inch so I can't count on well water alone for proper temps.

If I was to simply aerate with a diffusor do you think I could get away with happy WE ? if we assume 81 at the surface and 62 in the deeps the mix temp should still read around 72 ish. Maybe pick up a degree when the need to add water arises .

I posted some pics yesterday in the sub forum and our WE are pretty thin and obviously being affected this year. Last year was a much cooler summer and we had constant rain so I think that may have helped out last year.

It's going to take a lot of dinner and movie nights to convince my better half we need an aerator.



1/2 acre 14' Deep. LMB, WE, YP, HBG, BG, Rainbows.