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Default Wind chill and water pipes (stormy's froze)

On 1/7/2014 8:28 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Tues Jan 07, 2014, 07:00 AM

My outdoor thermometer says -1F.

Something froze. My hot water isn't flowing.
Cold is fine. I'll be outdoors in a few minutes
with electric heat gun, trying to thaw pipes.
Not going to use a torch.

8:25 AM, about an hour and a half later.
Hot works in the kitchen,and a little bit
in the bathroom sink. Lost the cold in the
bathroom sink. Shower and tub diverter seems
frozen. The WH cabinet has vent which is wide
open, about 12 x 18 inches, and the wind is
blowing from that direction. I'm rigging a
patch for that vent grille, cover that.

My fingers are serious cold, and I'm not enjoying
being out in the cold. Wishing I had a caged 100
watt light bulb I could put out there. And wait
for it to thaw.

9:34 AM. Took a ceramic space heater, and put in
the WH cabinet. Now the bath tub faucets work,
kitchen sink works, but bathroom sink barely dribbles,
either hot or cold, barely dribbles.

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