Invention needed

Bob Vaughn wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:

Bob Vaughn wrote:
Some one needs to invent a waterproof mitten to protect the water faucet including the handle as one night the faucet handle could not be shut off because it was frozen open

Someone has invented it, and it is called a heat tape. They come in many different lengths- merely wrap it around the pipe to be protected and plug it in. Complete with a thermostat, it only turns on when temperatures approach freezing to prevent the water in the pipe from freezing.

Wrong response.......I had my heated hose hooked up and on but the faucet was very close to the ground and the handle was exposed to the cold air and it froze.....Once it thawed and I wrapped it with a towel every thing was ok except the towel was sopping wet....

I am sorry, but apparently you don't understand or I didn't make myself clear. The handle and possibly the pipe the handle is attached to froze because your heated water hose did not protect anything except that hose. There was no heat generated at the spigot or beyond into the ground, just the hose itself. Therefore, the water in the hose remained unfrozen, but the supply to the hose froze. A heat tape wrapped around that pipe and the spigot and handle would have prevented it from freezing just as your heated hose kept water in the hose only from freezing.