[drivingpairs] Re: Hot Water

I read somewhere that this is a myth (hot water freezing faster than cold).


At 12:30 PM 01/26/2003 -0800, kathy robertson wrote:
>
>  Isn't there some sort of chemical reaction, science
>thing, where hot water freezes faster than cold or
>just cool water?  I wanted to run the hot water hose
>to the barn, and my husband said it was a waste of
>time because water will freeze faster if you start
>with hot.
>So our water is cool and gets cold, but does take a
>while to freeze up.
>  A rubber mallet is pretty good for loosening the ice
>build up on sides and bottom.  We use the Fortiflex
>buckets, so it does all slip out when loosened. 
>Rubber mallet has a bigger face for impact, and
>doesn't seem to crack thru the plastic like a metal
>hammer.  Fortiflex does seem to take the abuse best of
>all the plastics and blue is the toughest color.  Not
>sure why, but black Fortiflex are the worst of the
>colors.  Only got two winters out of black, while some
>of the blue are over 10 years old.   Green and bright
>pink also are pretty tough.  Haven't used any of the
>other colors.
>  The rubbery black Fortex just don't make it easy
>when the ice grabs the string fibers!!!  What a job to
>clean the ice out of those.  No patience when I get
>really cold.  I use my old Fortex buckets for storing
>stuff now.
>  Heated bucket for the dog can't take the wind. 
>Still freezes, so we water her in the house.  Cats
>have to drink quickly, because their dish freezes
>pretty fast.
>  No snow cover here, is driving the cold down. 
>Outside  pipes are freezing in the ground.  Any pipes
>running under a road or driven over, better be pretty
>deep!  Frost free hydrants better be about 8ft down
>and protected too!
>  I have noticed how MUCH thirstier horses are if they
>see you have to carry water to them!!  The five gallon
>horse immediatly needs 10 gallons and it multiplies
>geometrically from there!
>
>Kathy Robertson
>
>> The water will probably not be HOT at once....since
>> it is drawing from the
>> bottom of the tank...in fact ours refills so that
>> the water going out the hose
>> stays cool...at his point we are still in testing.
>> 
>> Yes, we have a frost-free hydrant...but it's not.
>
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