Well, for whatever it’s worth, I put my pond heater in place. It’s going down to 18 tonight, and windy, so even though it was nearly dark when I got up, and I had to feed the birds, I dumped the deicer in beside the pump hose and left the pump on. Worst case scenario, I burn out a $100 pump and have to buy a new one. Here goes!

EDIT: 0645 next morning. Temperature 8.7F, wind chill -9F. The deicer does work, at least for the time being. Some people said theirs crapped out after a season, or a few weeks, but at least mine wasn’t a DOA like some claimed to have received. So far, the moving water in the bird pool appears to be unfrozen. We’ll see how long that lasts.

DAYLIGHT EDIT: More pictures when I can actually see. 9.3F on the patio.