Winterizing Question
My friend just got a 2014 35 foot gulf stream TT , he was told by the dealer that you do not have to add antifreeze when winterizing just drain all the water, is that correct? He is keeping it parked ...
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EldIr wrote:Bigrick wrote:
I'm not sure we heard from all the experts yet.
I would like to hear from the experts why when we left 2 gallons of water in a plastic 5 gallon bucket at our camp it froze and broke the bucket even tho it had plenty of room to expand upward. This wasn't a cheap dollar store pail, but a heavy plastic food-grade bucket.
Same when I tried to make a round block of ice by putting water in a coolwhip container in my freezer. Wasn't full and there was no lid on and it cracked the container.
I'm not sold on the "it has room to expand" theory based on personal experience.
I believe the water exposed to the air freezes first thus not allowing expansion of the rest as it freezes. Wouldn't the same thing happen in water lines?
I am, by no means, any form of an expert. However, ice forms on the outer surfaces of liquid before it freezes in the middle (the surface layer of water in a bucket always freezes before the water below). I would presume that in a bucket, the frozen top layer would tend to 'lock' the water into place, forcing the center to expand towards the sides of the bucket as it freezes.
