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Old 04-18-2021, 11:18 AM   #27
bcrvman
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Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Qualicum Beach
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M.O.C. #26399
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Originally Posted by jdarwin View Post
What do others do to keep pipes behind the convenience panel from freezing? We’re outside Ft Worth where it’s been sub freezing for 3 days. We’re using a heated water hose. Yesterday it got up to 33 and I found water running out from beneath the basement. I opened the basement and found it flooded. I pulled the panel behind the convenience panel off and found the water pump had frozen and cracked. Luckily there was a CW about 10 miles away with a replacement pump. This morning (17 degrees) I went to replace it and found all the pipes behind the panel frozen. I’ve got a small room heater in there now thawing it out. Keystone advertises 4 season protection. False advertising?
This is the Montana owners forum, so I assume you have tank heaters (not much help) heated basement (some help but not enough) and some of us also put a thermostatically controlled 750W/1500W heater in the basement pointed toward the back of the convenience center. I of course use heated hoses (75 ft run) and this year added heat tape from inside the convenience center down the many connections I have and over the water filter to where the heated hose starts.
One difference, I am located in a warmer location, mid Vancouver Island where this winter the temperature was seldom below freezing. We only had one day of snow as well.
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