[fatlazyless]

....slightly off-topic but here goes......is there anyone else out there who also thinks the splish-splash noise made by the ice-eater water circulators, all winter long, are more than a little bit annoying....sound travels pretty good in the cold, dry winter temps, and the splish-splash definately is a sound that's contrary to a quiet and peacefull winter day......for about five minutes, the splish -splash noise is ok.....but then it starts to get old fast.

Is there a comparable outside residential appliance that is somewhat commonly used similar to an ice-eater that is accepted and allowed by the local town ordinances, and in common use, without considered to be a public nuisance......what other device is there in the relm of residential neighborhoods where a noisy device is accepted as ok to just let it operate for months at a time? Hmmmmmm......not much comes to mind here?

In my opinion......those splish-splash water circulators definately disturb the peace and quiet of a residential waterfront neighborhood, and it is accepted by the town code enforcement officers to allow them to run all winter long......now why is that?

If someone decided to let their lawn mower, or snowblower, or weed wacker run pretty much constantly, with on & off cycles depending on the air temperature, for a three month time period, that would easily be considered to be disturbing the peace by the police or the building code enforcement officer......so shouldn't the water circulators which do make a lot of splish-splash noise also be considered to be disturbing the peace and quiet of a residential waterfront neighborhood.....because that is what they do!