The light bulb had burned out and the GFI outlet had been triggered to shut off power supply to the items plugged into the outlet, namely the heater and the heat strip for the water pipes. No heat in the pump house = no water in the cabin. Wednesday night we replaced the lightbulb but the heater and heat strip still didn't work. Thursday morning the heat from the 60 watt bulb had warmed the pump house air enough to thaw what was frozen thus returning water to the pipes, and cabin. Make note: if GFI outlet has switched off if it's red light glows. Conversely the red light on the heat strip glows red when it has power. The wrong red light was glowing at first, but after pushing the reset button in the middle of the outlet the correct red light (on the heat strip) glowed.
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