shock level with solid cover when closing?

[FormerBromineUser]

Can you put a pump on top of your cover? That's what I do on my auto-cover. When we get a melty day, on goes the pump and it removes all the melted snow so ice doesn't accumulate much at all over the winter. Only issue I have is when I accidentally leave the pump and out-flow hose outside and water freezes inside it. I use a black hose just in case so it will unfreeze faster if I screw up.