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Ed Pawlowski

On 1/7/2014 8:30 AM, wrote:

Yes, but they won't freeze if the air temperature is 33 degrees and the

wind chill is 20. See the difference?

Yes I do. But continuing to use cases where the temp is above
freezing doesn't show that the lower the reported windchill, the
more likely pipes in a drafty crawlspace or an unheated cabin
are to freeze when the temps are well below freezing. Again the
qustion posed wasn't about 35F. It was about a day with 0F actual,
-10F windchill.

My point is, wind chill does not cause the pipes to freeze. Wind may
make them freeze sooner but the overall affect is the same. If your
example was correct, a 35 degree temperature with a 20 degree wind chill
factor would freeze the pipes. PIPES HAVE NO FEELING