How cold does it have to be before it cracks the block?

[Kern Dog]

It's supposed to be in the mid teens here on Wednesday morning. Figure the heat lamp will be on all night....and probably be cheaper to just dump in the antifreeze lol

This blows away my impressions of the south and how it was rumored to be warmer than the north.
How is it that Sacramento is at 38 degrees latitude and Dallas is 32 but you guys in Texas get at or below freezing so much more than we do?
I always heard that birds fly south for the winter but leaving here and going south apparently can be colder ???

 

[kiwigtx]

We don’t want to hear about a straight pipe on your junk.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

If its only a couple of days at just below freezing you should be fine, especially if the temperature comes up over 32 during the day. Most all of us here are on well pumps and we typically don’t worry about our well pump houses freezing until it gets consistently in the teens, then we only turn a 100w light bulb on.

 

[Hey-O]

A drop light with a 60 Watt incandescent bulb will keep it warm enough.

I had a well in a 4'x4'x4' cube with a door. It NEVER froze with a 60 watt bulb in it. Even when it got to zero. I put a cheap small box heater in there later. The lowest setting was 37, I only bought it because 60 watt incandescent bulbs are only good for about 900 hours. The sun plays a role here. We have snow melting and it 26 degrees. Two boats left outside between two houses. One cracked and the other didn't, the sun hit the one more than the other, that was just below freezing. Some going to win, some going to lose, good time Charlie's got the blues.

 

[#41]

How cold, but for also how long at that temp? We stored a bomber stock car in a field over winter once and forgot to drain the water. The block cracked and it maybe got into the high 20's at the worst.

Don't chance it.

 

[Black_Sheep]

Why no antifreeze?

You could start it every few hours overnight if you’re worried…