I'm lucky enough that I can trail an extension cable out to the van and leave batteries and so on charging overnight, also able to but in a fan heater with A frost stat setting, so the equipment and water in the back doesn't freeze up.
And when the water freezes on pavements and so on, before starting I sprinkle some road salt very sparsely around where I am going to work, you don't need great clumps of the stuff strewn around, it works fine...mind you, saw Squeaky in town the other day and he was trying to do is best to make himself slip over on the gravel!
But even when you can counter the water freezing on the ground, it's countering the water freezing in the nozzles or jets and then on the pole itself or the bristles of the brush!!!!
So I am now considering getting some of that...er...whats it called? Ethenol?? The pure commercial alcohol stuff that is often talked about on here.
But where to get it from??
And does anyone use it?
Is it effective?
Does it stop water freezing on the ground?
Need to do something I think because if the currently weather trend continues I need to find a way to continue working without having to go back to ladders!!
Going to have to plan for a hot water system methinks, but still have to counter water freezing on the ground....
Ian