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profdant139
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Mar 20, 2018

Can water heater run while towing? Here's why . . .

I am thinking about installing a water-heater-powered underbelly tank heating system -- several of our members have already done so. A very big and daunting project, but I think it is within my compe...
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riven1950
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Mar 20, 2018
Hot water does not freeze faster than cold water. It will lose heat at a faster than coldwater. At some point hot water becomes cold water and then the freeze rate is the same, if that makes sense. Put a bucket of 100 degree water and a bucket of 40 degree water outside in freezing weather and see which freezes first.

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