A night for ethelene glycol!

[AshleyMckendree]

Low of 7 tonight.
Purged my entire system, Hoses, Wand, Upholstery tool, even my battery sprayer... with good 'ol ethylene glycol!

...Seems like my pump likes Antifreeze... does it clean/moisturize or somthing?

 

[Greenie]

waterpumps like it too.....lube baby..lube.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Low of 7 tonight.

it's 0 right now at my house AND windy
predicted -6 low tonight 25-30 MPH winds

I fired up the kero convection heater


..L.T.A.

 

[Greenie]

and to think, I bitch when its 30 and i have to scrape the ice off the windshield.

 

[esquireservicesinc]

Gonna be cold here tonight too. 20 for low and tomorrow night in the teens. Thank goodness for heated shop. Would hate to have to do all that crap to 4 trucks.

 

["The" Al Bradham]

If we would have 20 degrees here (Charleston, SC) that would be great. At 20 we go to work, broken pipes everwhere. 20 is the magic number.

 

[esquireservicesinc]

If we would have 20 degrees here (Charleston, SC) that would be great. At 20 we go to work, broken pipes everwhere. 20 is the magic number.

Yeah. Hopefully we will get one of those. We could really use it.

 

[R W]

Just got back from checking my "baby". The garage is a toasty 45*, but it's 0* out with wind chills into the -20's. I don't think I'll start cleaning till after 12 tomorrow.

 

[Chris A]

I just quit using my "entire garage" heater, and just started heating the vans with a pissy little electric heater/fan, the garage was 45 degrees with those sumbitches running!! My big heater would barely keep the garage over freezing!

 

[AshleyMckendree]

Freakin crap didnt work.

Results of running 50/50 Antifreeze... EVERYTHING IS F#@%*ing FROZEN.

 

[Able 1]

Damn! Sorry to hear that Ashley!

I had two today I rescheduled one this morning it's like 0 out with -15 wc for tomorrow morning. The other one I'm going to do at noon since a heat wave is coming through it will be like 7 degrees...

 

[Dolly Llama]

Re: Freakin crap didnt work.

Results of running 50/50 Antifreeze... EVERYTHING IS F#@%*ing FROZEN.

no way

must of been thinned out MUCH more to stretch farther maybe?
and you weren't aware?


..L.T.A.

 

[Jason Whaley]

I just run a small electric heater with no problems. Sounds like a lot of work!

 

[AshleyMckendree]

I bought straight 100% Antifreeze, flushed out all water from system, hoses and all, then added 1 gallon of water to dilute 50/50.

I mixed the Antifreeze and water in a separate bucket before poring in the fresh water tank, and there is a few ounces of 50/50 antifreeze left in the bucket that froze :|

 

[KevinD]

I bought straight 100% Antifreeze, flushed out all water from system, hoses and all, then added 1 gallon of water to dilute 50/50.

I mixed the Antifreeze and water in a separate bucket before poring in the fresh water tank, and there is a few ounces of 50/50 antifreeze left in the bucket that froze :|

Are you sure you got 100% instead of the 50/50 ready mix.
If you got the 50/50 by mistake and diluted that 50/50 it would freeze at about 10 degrees.

 

[AshleyMckendree]

Nope, 100% Antifreeze.

 

[KevinD]

Nope, 100% Antifreeze.

Made in China then?

Should have been good for about -34 unless you over diluted.

Real quick question? How many ounces in a gallon?

 

[AshleyMckendree]

Nope, 100% Antifreeze.

Made in China then?

Should have been good for about -34 unless you over diluted.

Real quick question? How many ounces in a gallon?

I think 124oz

 

[KevinD]

I think 124oz

Wrong
You sure you didn't over dilute?

 

[AshleyMckendree]

I think 124oz

Wrong
You sure you didn't over dilute?

Dude, I just filled the Antifreeze jug with water after dumping the contents in to an empty bucket.


It was Prestone Antifreeze... not Autozone brand etc.

 

[KevinD]

Just trying to figure out how in the heck it froze on you so it doesn't happen again.
I had a freeze up years ago and cost 2K to repair all the broken parts.

 

[Greenie]

124oz. or not...I can't see a 50/50 mix freezing in KY.

What piece of data are we missing here.




ps: how many oz. in a quart? :wink:

 

[AshleyMckendree]

124oz. or not...I can't see a 50/50 mix freezing in KY.

What piece of data are we missing here.




ps: how many oz. in a quart? :wink:

I think the bucket I used to mix the Antifreeze may have had traces of PowerMax in it, because I use it to mix my pre-spray.
Wondering if it affected the Prestone at all.

 

[Greenie]

So...it's Larry's fault?







jus' kiddin'

 

[B&BGaryC]

A realtor sent me to the next town over, the inside of the house was 3 or 4 degrees. I called him and told him the heater broke, and his toilets were ice-skating rinks. I stayed on the phone with him and tried to fix the heater and flipped some breakers for him. By the time I was done with my Bid my hands were pretty frozen, and I was regretting the metal clipboard purchase.

Once he gets it thawed and the plumbing fixed we can dry her out and clean the carpets. I don't think the water will be that bad because he's on a well system and I shut the pump for him. I imagine it should just be a little water draining out of the pipes.