On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:42:59 GMT, "Karl Vorwerk"
wrote:

It doesn't prevent all of them. Two or three years ago someone ran over one
here and it looked just like on the movies.
Karl

It all depends on where you live - if the odds of a hard freeze in
your town are at or near zero, the fireplug probably will not have all
that fancy (and very expensive) below-ground valve and self-draining
stuff, the valves are all inside the top of the plug. Shear it off,
and you have an instant municipal fountain.

(At least till they turn off the service valve at the water main.)

They only spend the extra money to rig up freeze-proof fire hydrants
in places where they actually get freezes. And if they don't have the
self-draining hydrants, after they're done testing or using the
hydrant they turn off the bottom valve, siphon out some of the water,
and dump in anti-freeze.

-- Bruce --

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