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Title: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm: Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out, so no water in there to freeze, i left mine plugged in the other night and there was no ice in it this morning, and everywhere was icey here
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: Slash on February 06, 2009, 06:29:19 pm: I just put a heater in because if I did that with the hose reel the pump will probobly freeze or something knowing my luck. :(
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: NWH on February 06, 2009, 06:33:46 pm: I have a pole hose hosetail in the back of the van just for this,it does help a lot from stopping the reel freezing.On 1 morning a fe weeks back when we had that really cold snap the hose went like wire lol. ;D
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: pjulk on February 06, 2009, 06:39:56 pm: I just bring mine indoors no problem with freezing then.
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: Neil Williams on February 06, 2009, 06:43:48 pm: Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out,

If you're going to do that, then why not just take the connector off the end of the hose. This will allow the water out easier because there's no resistance.
Personally I now put 1ml of isoproponal to 1L of water in the tanks.
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: LWC on February 06, 2009, 07:40:40 pm: Quote from: Neil Williams on February 06, 2009, 06:43:48 pm
Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out,

If you're going to do that, then why not just take the connector off the end of the hose. This will allow the water out easier because there's no resistance.
Personally I now put 1ml of isoproponal to 1L of water in the tanks.

And the O ring with that too ;D

Just easy with the pole, its there ready
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: ftp on February 06, 2009, 07:48:47 pm: Quote from: Neil Williams on February 06, 2009, 06:43:48 pm
Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out,

If you're going to do that, then why not just take the connector off the end of the hose. This will allow the water out easier because there's no resistance.
Personally I now put 1ml of isoproponal to 1L of water in the tanks.

Not being funny, but do you honestly believe point one of a percent does anything at all?
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: Sir Squeaky on February 06, 2009, 09:20:39 pm: Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out, so no water in there to freeze, i left mine plugged in the other night and there was no ice in it this morning, and everywhere was icey here
Great idea.
Nice one. ;)
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: LWC on February 06, 2009, 09:36:52 pm: Quote from: Squeaky Clean. on February 06, 2009, 09:20:39 pm
Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out, so no water in there to freeze, i left mine plugged in the other night and there was no ice in it this morning, and everywhere was icey here
Great idea.
Nice one. ;)

;)
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: windowwashers on February 06, 2009, 11:03:25 pm: Quote from: ftp on February 06, 2009, 07:48:47 pm
Quote from: Neil Williams on February 06, 2009, 06:43:48 pm
Quote from: LWC on February 06, 2009, 06:11:41 pm
Just a quickie, on your last house turn pump off and attach pole to hosereel, reel it in and the water gets thrown out,

If you're going to do that, then why not just take the connector off the end of the hose. This will allow the water out easier because there's no resistance.
Personally I now put 1ml of isoproponal to 1L of water in the tanks.

Not being funny, but do you honestly believe point one of a percent does anything at all?
im guessing you dont there fella
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: Nathanael Jones on February 06, 2009, 11:12:16 pm: IPA is great for cleaning,.. RUBBISH as antifreeze (as I found out to my expense), unless you up the ratio to 5% or more,... that's 32.5 litres in my 650 tank,....

I'll stick with the heater,. its cheaper!!
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 07, 2009, 08:15:45 am: Another way to empty the hose reels is to disconnect the inlet to the pump and run it dry for a few mins. Have to male sure this is okay with the pump.

Simon.
Title: Re: Tip for water freezing in hosereel
Post by: pingu on February 07, 2009, 08:39:04 am: IPA and methanol are great as antifreeze but in enclosed systems.

Dave.