how cold does it have to be to freeze a heater?

[lineman-up]

well old father winter has definetly reared his ugly head. today while putting on elbows our propane heater froze up, and it is still getting colder, tomorrow the wind chill is supposed to be -35. come on summer!!!

[Bull Dog]

Wait get Al Gore to give you a lecture on global warming. hes a shameless self promoter and full of hot air that should warm things up. Oh wait does he emit green house gas might have to trade some of those credits that he sells!

[JAKE]

i always thought that was a clue to head in when the heater freezes up on ya!!

freezing point of propane is -310F

[Squizzy]

Wait get Al Gore to give you a lecture on global warming. hes a shameless self promoter and full of hot air that should warm things up. Oh wait does he emit green house gas might have to trade some of those credits that he sells!

Well its certainly getting hotter and drier over here.

Was the propane torch left to run for a second or two as the escaping gas will further cool the brass fitting before lighting or was it frozen from the start? Either way thats far too cold I will stick with the heat...

[PA BEN]

well old father winter has definetly reared his ugly head. today while putting on elbows our propane heater froze up, and it is still getting colder, tomorrow the wind chill is supposed to be -35. come on summer!!!

This is off subject, but when it's cold like that, take a boiling cup of water and through the water up into the air. The water turns to powder.

[JAKE]

This is off subject, but when it's cold like that, take a boiling cup of water and through the water up into the air. The water turns to powder.


that aint right.

same here it gets cold for a little bit but not too long!! like swamp said most of it is in the storms and the adreanalin keeps ya warm

it was cold enough in my shop last night i was having hell getting any welding done the regulator on my shielding gas kept freezing up on me

[Bull Dog]

Well i don't know about you guys but its dam cold up here in the upper midwest. I'm shure some areas will reach thirty degrees BELOW ZERO tonight. Wind chills much lower. Tell me how is this global warming? Supposed to snow all day monday and stay colder than a witches tit. GO YOU PACKERS GO! Swampy you can only dream.

[Bull Dog]

Well i don't know about you guys but its dam cold up here in the upper midwest. I'm shure some areas will reach thirty degrees BELOW ZERO tonight. Wind chills much lower. Tell me how is this global warming? Supposed to snow all day monday and stay colder than a witches tit. GO YOU PACKERS GO! Swampy you can only dream.

Witches tit in a brass bra-or a well diggers azz. Thought id finish.

[scammy]

dont know how cold it has to be to freeze a heater,,,,,but do know how cold it has to be to freeze my arse,,,,4 degrees in ohio tonight,,,,wind gonna blow wind chill ,,,,,dont matter ,,,,,,folks out of light does ,,cmon springtime,,,,scammy

[PA BEN]

When I interviewed for this job I'm at now. (3 years) It was -5 at home with 10" of snow on the ground. 32 here and I thought it was a heat wave. Out door working conditions are great here, it gets a little wet in the winter, averages lows in the 30's highs 40's in the winter, mid. 60's to mid. 70's in the summer. It gets in the mid. 90's to low 100's where I came from in the summer.:rolleyes:

[Bull Dog]

Been in 44 below the feather dropped straight to the ground. Nothing moving and your breath froze. Felt like the north pole. But the coldest I've seen it up here was one night the guy wires were snapping and the automatics were failing. Was 88 degree chill factor. Heater on high gloves on the dash. Then the mad dash out of the truck for thirty seconds to work then do it all over. I'm telling you it was a bastard hands froze in short order even with gloves and liners. Not my favorite but we had to do it. One guy froze the back of his hands and had to find a different job. He should have come down and got into the truck but he didn't. Sorry I got off subject but there is a game in Greenbay and i thought you all might like to know what it can be like up here. GO PACK!

[PA BEN]

Sorry I got off subject but there is a game in Greenbay and i thought you all might like to know what it can be like up here. GO PACK!

And some of the team members are bragging about wearing short sleeve shirts...........WHY would you?

[BigClive]

I've also worked in situations where the propane in the cylinder got so cold through the ambient temperature and the natural temperature reduction caused by the change of state from liquid to gas caused the output to fall to where the heater couldn't work. It's not recommended, but we put the cylinder where some of the output of the heater would warm it to keep it at a temperature where the liquid could convert to gas. Not directly in front of the heater obviously!

I've been enjoying torrential rain and blustery wind all week. My padded hi viz jacket has an amazing ability to suck water into the padding after a brief exposure, so it ended up being thrown in the tumble drier most evenings when I got home. I wonder what this week will bring.

[BigClive]

You know Swampy, I was thinking of you today in your hot climate while I worked yet another day in continuous cold torrential rain. You know what it's like when your hands stop steaming and they go numb, followed later by the hideous pins and needles as they thaw out again.

I was thinking, maybe Swampy's right about working in the sunny climates. Then I thought of the times I've visited Florida and how the grass may have looked green, but it was hard and arid. I thought of the parched foliage and all the nasty creatures in it that bite or even eat you. Then I thought of Scotlands lush green hills rolling off into the distance with grass that feels soft like a lions mane and the mist rolling through the dense green trees. I thought of the lakes and streams bubbling through the countryside.

Nope. I can handle the cold wet weather if the reward is countryside from paradise.

So did your Carharts survive the 45' ride down the icy pole Swampy? :cool:

[BigClive]

You should have told your co-workers you were practicing a new rodeo time saving technique. :)

"Did ya time me?"

[woody]

remember back in the late 70's that -30 degrees below zero was the no work clause in the contract for lineman in fairbanks, alaska. Unless their was an outage of power...then all work was manned.same as rain here in the northwest...no hotwork in the rain. storm does'nt break down the conditions. woody

[PA BEN]

remember back in the late 70's that -30 degrees below zero was the no work clause in the contract for lineman in fairbanks, alaska. Unless their was an outage of power...then all work was manned.same as rain here in the northwest...no hotwork in the rain. storm does'nt break down the conditions. woody

Tell that to the boys out in Forks. It's not raining out there unless it bounces two feet off the ground:D