On Dec 9, 9:49*am, notbob wrote:
On 2010-12-09, Jeff Thies wrote:

* *I've never given this much thought. Do I need to drain the hose or not?

Yes

No - If it is a decent quaity, it will expand with the ice formation.
Now the connectors on the ends are a different story. Plastic
fittings and plastic garden sprinklers, etc, cannot take the expansion
and will almost surely crack.