My friend is freaking out because the insulated door protecting her hot water tank for her trailer home has been removed to be fixed. They were supposed to bring the door back this afternoon but it turns out they won't actually until tomorrow. Anyways, the low tonight is going to be about 21 degrees with 20-25 mph winds. She's deathly afraid the tank will freeze although the door repair man assured her leaving hot water faucets dripping should be sufficient to ward it off. The tank is protected on three exterior walls by the laundry room, kitchen and furnace room respectively. I'd assume some heat is being given off through these walls. I suggested draining the tank to assuage her fears but she seems unable/unwilling to do that. She is going to duct tape some plastic garbage bags over the opening although she cannot reach to the top of it. I guess I'm looking for an assessment of whether she really has anything to worry about or what else can be done besides draining the tank.
2007-11-26 16:34:18 · 3 answers · asked by Andy S 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
As long as the power/gas to the tank is turned on it will not freeze. It is a hot water heater after all.
However she still should keep at least one of the hot faucets dripping to keep the pipes to and from the heater from freezing.
2007-11-26 16:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by mike b 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If he did no longer drain it, the ingredient could be surprisingly annoying to circulate. offering it became into drained, no longer all water is extracted whilst draining, some is left in there. If this freezes it is going to no longer do no injury with the aid of fact it became into no longer positioned below stress with the aid of quantity of empty area interior, so there became into plenty adequate space for water to amplify to type ice. If this is been sitting for awhile i might advise changing the heating factors interior the tank. whether that's a extensive tank there would desire to be 2 heating factors, in smaller tanks there are basically a million. value approximately $20-$40 to interchange. be valuable to fill the tank up finished in the previous putting capability to it, the heating factors do no longer take lots to burn out, they should stay submerged in water. sturdy good fortune
2016-11-12 21:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut and put a piece of plastic over the opening and duct tape it around, no problem.
2007-11-26 23:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋