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FragileWarrior

(Doug Miller) wrote in
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In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:
It's thawed. Five days of sitting quietly with heat tape, insulation,
with a garbage can shoved down on top of everything finally thawed the
hydrant. It works fine; nothing cracked.

And it was 3 degrees here this a.m. so it has to be just sitting under
all that stuff without being disturbed for five days that did the
trick. Gave the heat tape enough time to do its job.

Yeah! I don't have to haul 50 gallons of water/day in 2.5 gal buckets
anymore!

Thanks everyone.

Cool. Good job. -- and you won't EVER make that mistake again, I
guarantee it.

If I do, please, someone put me in a home because my better days are
obviously over.

BTW, when I went to fill the trough, all THREE hoses were frozen.
ARGHH!