No hot water during a freeze
We are camping and had a freeze last night that is ongoing. We woke up this morning to all of our hot water faucets not working. Our cold water flows but not the hot water. Nothing comes out. Any th...
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Dusty R wrote:S Davis wrote:
Water that has been heated will freeze faster than cold water, it has less air entrained in the water than the cold.
What if you have 2 pans of water, one has been heated, but both are now the same temperature. Will they now both take the same amount of time to turn to ice?
Have never tried two pans, the difference would obviously be a pressurized versus non pressurized test which could have two entirely different outcomes. I do know in my 32 years in plumbing and hydronic heating that hot water lines can freeze before the cold. I worked in plumbing and heating in South Lake Tahoe and have probably over 1000 hours running a pipe thawing machine and in my experience 90% of the time it was the hot water side that had the most freezing and pipe damage. You guy’s can argue all you want about why but I am giving you real world experience.
