I saw those at home depot. They probably cost about the same as running a light bulb? I've got about a 70' run so if I do a section at each end it would probably radiate down the pipe and keep the whole length from freezing.
John
56 Pickup TKER TOY
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 12:11 PM, SF
<sdfriend@...> wrote:
John, I am using I pipe warmer to insure the house supply does
not freeze.? They come in all kinds of lengths.? Might be an idea.
SF
On 1/25/2021 12:40 PM, John Barrett via
groups.io wrote:
That's good to know. It probably doesn't freeze as hard here as
Minnesota but I will still need to watch it. I plan on putting
in a ball valve shut off inside the shop and tee off the main
line to another ball valve for a low point drain. The foam
rubber pipe insulation might be a good addition also.
John
56 Pickup TKER TOY
Graham, Wash.
On 1/25/2021 11:12 AM, Scott
Strudwick wrote:
Yes I do. My cabin was plumbed in pex. It
can split also just not as quick as copper. I drained my
cabin from then on. If you keep the shop heated you
shouldn¡¯t have any issues with freezing. I keep mine at 50
when I am not there and set it to 60 when I am otherwise I
get too hot. Even when the temps are below zero outside.
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Scott ¡°StrudsJeep¡± Strudwick
Gilbert, MN
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I don't know the BTU of my furnaces. The shop is insulated
and I keep it at 70 degrees when I'm out there but I turn
them off when I'm not. There's a half bath upstairs that's
is supplied with copper pipe and apparently the water was
not shut off before I bought the place and it froze and
split in about 4 places. The previous owner spent a couple
of months in the hospital and died about a year before I got
here and his family didn't shut the water off to prevent it.
I don't really want to keep the furnaces running to prevent
that from happening again but I am thinking of replacing the
copper with PEX pipe. I've heard that it will expand rather
than split when it freezes. Anybody have any experience with
it?
John
56 Pickup TKER TOY
Graham, Wash.
On 1/25/2021 10:32 AM, Scott Strudwick
wrote:
John, if it is any consolation, I live
in northern Minnesota. My 2400 sq. ft. shop has only 1
80,000 btu propane furnace and I keep it at 55 degrees all
winter. I go through about 800 gallons of propane for the
entire winter and my shop is really well insulated.
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On 1/24/2021 3:24 PM, John Barrett
via groups.io wrote:
I guess I'm spoiled. My 1500 sq ft shop has 2 propane
fired furnaces hanging from the ceiling. I'm out in the
shop in a tee shirt working on the 5.7 Hemi swap in my
Duster. This is my first full winter here so I'm
watching to see how the propane holds up. So far after
about 4 months of use the 500 gallon tank is just
getting down to 60%.
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I've got a couple of trouble codes on Tinkertoy that I
need to check out. One is for the throttle position
sensor which I recently replaced and the other is for
the mass airflow sensor. As soon as I get the Duster off
the lift I'll move Tinkertoy into the shop and check
that out. Between hunting and playing with the toys
retirement hasn't gotten boring yet.
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John
56 Pickup TKER TOY
Graham, Wash.
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On 1/24/2021 12:32 PM, Dan
Mulholland wrote:
I assume, at
least for some of us, it's cold and not so much
fun in an unheated shop space right now.???
Nothing colder than 38 degrees and raining, like
it is here this morning. ???
Been away
from the Willys for a while, working on a boat
build instead.????????? Got the wagon out for one
long run last summer,??? back roads to the coast,
and back, no problems.??? Lots of waves, with all
the fingers, even.
You may
remember the picture of Jim Russell's poor, burned
up jeep, from the fire in the McKenzie valley last
summer.??? Lots of trees burned, or were
damaged.??? I managed to buy some clear western
red cedar, full dimension 2X4 and 2X6's for this
boat project, which consisted of responding to a
Craigslist ad for cedar; said what I wanted, and
they cut it with their little bandsaw mill the
next day.?????? The logs were from a small
property up the McKenzie.??? The bark was
blackened, but the wood is fine, though there is a
little bug damage.??? It's in the basement now,???
with a fan on it, with a dehumidifier going.???
Doing a weight watchers weigh in once a week,
until the boards get to the approximate weight of
kiln dried lumber.??? Each piece lost at least a
pound in the first week, with one being below the
kiln dried moisture level. If this trend
continues, they all should be ready to use in 2-3
weeks.
When my
Willys was young, the retired neighbor that lived
on the Siuslaw river below us split cedar shakes
from logs he'd pull out of the river- free
driftwood, in other words. ??? Not anymore. ??????
A lot of the cedar available now is cut young, and
knotty.??? Which is great for fences.??? Less so
for pretty oars and seats.??? This picture is of
the shake splitting operation; background is the
Siuslaw River bridge, built by the WPA during the
depression, with the city of Florence across the
river;??? 1964. Low tide.??????
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Dan
53 2wd Wagon
Eugene, OR
