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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noteven wrote:
Do any of youse hot vs cold freezing experts know why a frozen water line gives me a pain in my ass?
was your hotwater heater running all night? if it wasn't then I could see the water in the tank freezing. can you turn your bypass valve for winterizing? that will let youi know if it is a localized issue to the hotwater heater or the rest of the plumbing.
for the other guys arguing about weather hot water will freeze faster or not....
the same volume of cold and hot water exposed to the same input of heat the cold water will freeze faster. in some circomstances it can be made to freese faster though, this is the principle used in a skating wring where most of the colling is on the bottom of the water surface this allows the top to remain hot and hot water will evaporate faster than cold water, so as the bottom is freezing the surface is evaporation making it seam like it is freezing faster. but let me introduce a new wrinkle to this, if you put deoxygenated water in the mix it will freeze even faster. this is why NHL hocky rinks use deoxygenated hot water, plus it freezes clear and the lines show up better.
Steve
