Winter Freezing

[MarkieMark]

I'm near UP the whole space heaters /$200 month electric bill was getting a bit much.

With a loop hose the Prochem can be extremely resilient. In order to get out that last 1/2 to 1 gallon of water in the inlet water hoses I cycle the water pump for 20sec to spit out the last remaining water so an ice jam is not possible and/or HX coil expansion.

Then instead of RV anti freeze I cycle undiluted Vehicle anti freeze. I reuse this for 2 weeks then start fresh for max potency. The Van has Vinyl walls with foam filled ceilings/walls.

On really bad wind-chill near the lake I do all of this but also leave $60 space heater with interval timer on also put cardboard baffle at bulkhead creating a heat shroud. The next day it's a balmy 60F at the TM footprint.

*Regardless the biggest issue is getting out that last 1/2 to 1 gallon of water in the inlet hoses as your machine could be anti freeze But at the curve of hose you'll have a 70%water mixture that will be a localized freeze. Can you tell I speak from experience?

Do you have insulation in the the van and sectioning off the seating area with a tarp or something to keep the heat isolated by the machine? What's the low nightly temps more or less?

 

[bmxin]

Do you have insulation in the the van and sectioning off the seating area with a tarp or something to keep the heat isolated by the machine? What's the low nightly temps more or less?

Foam insul for the most air tight keep the heat. As noted the Van has Vinyl walls/ceiling. I drilled multiple holes in walls ceiling and backfilled with 40psi foam gun. Took 10 tubes for wall cavities! There is a cardboard covering bulkhead. I would never make a tent/shroud for TM as that would be vulnerable to fire

Last year there was a period of 19f high/-10low for 5weeks. I did the full arsenal method noted in previous post. For 2 of 5weeks last year weeks I didn't run TM. Just port/VLM But I did start and cycle TM daily.

Where Legend and TM are tone deaf is getting out the last 1/2to 1 gallon of water in hoses. When you do this the theory of being protected to -50F actually stands up because the entire lines are glycol.

This all sounds like a lot but it's literally an extra 6mins pre and post job