Shut off water at home???
When you leave home for a few days, do you turn off the main water valve at your house?
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You're assuming that you will have more of a chance that a pipe will break while on vacation than away at work or asleep at home. This is not the case (at least time wise) because I have shown the math. In my case it's around 18 times more probable that it will happen when I'm NOT on vacation.
I'll ask you one more time, do you have any evidence that pipes break more when on vacation then when a work or asleep? If so, post it up so we all can see.
Most people who live in the great frozen north turn the Thermostat down all the way when they vacation I mean why pay for a house heated to 72 when you can heat it to 55 and thus save big bucks on heating?
Ok, now power fails.. If I am working it will take longer for the house to freeze than it will for me to get home (or my wife) and connecte up the motor home's high current outlet (30 amp) to the house INLET (genuine inlet) Fire up ONAN and start flipping switches on the E-panel (Generator transfer, or Emergency power take your pick)
Click and the basement lights come on (Shut off flashlight)
Click and the FURNACE comes on (AHHHH Heat)
Click, click ... click and the Freezer, Refrigerator, TV/Radios, other lights, Microwave and kitchen outlets All have power
NO PIPES FREEZE.
If I burn more than a third of a tank of fuel then houses on my block would have frozen pipes less they drained them quickly.
Finally when the hall light (Which we almost never used and thus was not on the E-panel) Comes on.. Back to the basement and click those switches back to normal.. the RV to shut down the Onan and all is still warm.
