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Mine is heat taped and insulated down to the base. (knock wood) no freezing even as low as -25*.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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My experience is if the weep hole has good drainage and you don't leave a hydrant pressured up, tbey work in cold weather quite well. Don't run a float on them in freezing weather, or even leave a hose hooked up.
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My experience is if the weep hole has good drainage and you don't leave a hydrant pressured up, tbey work in cold weather quite well. Don't run a float on them in freezing weather, or even leave a hose hooked up. Not saying they don't work. I said run more than a bucket of water thru them if it used in low temps.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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That is good advice, and run at good volume, not just a trickle
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Outdoor frost free hydrant helpful tip # 179
Run water out of your Hydrant in a few minutes
Shut water off with no attachments to the hydrant
As soon as you shut the water off put your hand over the water outlet spigot and if water is draining properly from hydrant it will form a slight suction against your hand. If it does not form a suction it is draining too slow or not adequately and may freeze LOL re:helpful tip # 179 ... you should write a book “Yard Hydrants For Dummies “. Here’s a what-if: Suppose you ran the above weep hole test and don’t get that slight suction. You could take an air tank with 60psi and a fitting to blow air into the hydrant outlet. What are the chances that might clear the weep hole of debris?
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Outdoor frost free hydrant helpful tip # 179
Run water out of your Hydrant in a few minutes
Shut water off with no attachments to the hydrant
As soon as you shut the water off put your hand over the water outlet spigot and if water is draining properly from hydrant it will form a slight suction against your hand. If it does not form a suction it is draining too slow or not adequately and may freeze LOL re:helpful tip # 179 ... you should write a book “Yard Hydrants For Dummies “. Here’s a what-if: Suppose you ran the above weep hole test and don’t get that slight suction. You could take an air tank with 60psi and a fitting to blow air into the hydrant outlet. What are the chances that might clear the weep hole of debris? Real good, especially if you have the CFMs. We had to blow out considerable length of buried pipe at our rodeo grounds to avoid freezing.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Outdoor frost free hydrant helpful tip # 179
Run water out of your Hydrant in a few minutes
Shut water off with no attachments to the hydrant
As soon as you shut the water off put your hand over the water outlet spigot and if water is draining properly from hydrant it will form a slight suction against your hand. If it does not form a suction it is draining too slow or not adequately and may freeze LOL re:helpful tip # 179 ... you should write a book “Yard Hydrants For Dummies “. Here’s a what-if: Suppose you ran the above weep hole test and don’t get that slight suction. You could take an air tank with 60psi and a fitting to blow air into the hydrant outlet. What are the chances that might clear the weep hole of debris? not sure never tried that. If it's just a debris in the weep hole it just might work. But if it SEALS or something internally in the hydrant swelled up out of place or just in general screwed up I don't think it would do any good but that could be worth a try before digging it up .
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Ldholton is right, if you close a hydrant and can't detect a suction, it's backdraining too slow and will probably freeze up. The water needs to drain below frostline fast in cold weather.
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