[Londoner]

I've got as much of my gear as I can in the garage with a parrafin greenhouse heater burning. It uses about a gallon a week so I leave it on all the time.

[Clive McDonald]

That might do it!

Thanks vince.I've seen a few comments about smell and soot, which is the best one to get if i don't want to look like al jolson?

[windowswashed]

I leave my transfer hose outdoors but it;s insulated so need chance of freezing

[mci services]

funnily enough last night my mrs had a bath and was about to pull the plug and I said leave it, then I duly grabbed my hose and threw it in.

smells nice now and doesn't need defrosted.

she wasn't happy though as the bath is now full of wood chips, dirt, and what ever else it has been through, at least it was until she cleaned it

[mikecam]

That might do it!

Thanks vince.I've seen a few comments about smell and soot, which is the best one to get if i don't want to look like al jolson?

You can't do anything about the smell. They should not soot, usually the flame is up to high if it soots. I got a Parasene 5 heater for my tranny van last week. Everything has still frozen solid, even the van tank.

[Nathanael Jones]

Clive,.. I had the same problem. I turned on the sub pump & put the end of the hose in my tank, then boiled a kettle (twice),.. start at the shed end and pour boiling water over the hose. It'll only defrost a very small amount, but once the water is flowing a little, it'll unblock the rest of the ice in a minute or 2.

[ptwt]

To stop your transfer hose from freezing is very simple if you use a pump to transfer your water.
1 Make sure you can disconect either end of the hose when it is not in use.
2 Make sure middle of hose is higher than either end of the hose (this may not be possible with gravity fill systems).
3 after filling van tank disconect either end of transfer hose and make sure any valves are open and gravity will cause  any water left in hose to drain out. Your hose can now be left in place with no insulation and no freezing.

[Clive McDonald]

Thanks Nathaneal it's still frozen.The problem with the kettle is it's a full thirty meter length.

i can see that ptwt's method would work but i can't easily disconnect.


Now that i've had my brainwave i'm fairly condident of being able to do it with a radiator.

[Dave Willis]

Slumps, I have a brilliant method to stop your microbore and pole hose from freezing up during the day......................................................................................................................................

Get your ginger helper to wear the hose all day a bit like a Michelin Man. Get him to spin anti-clockwise when you need more hose and rotate the other way to wind it back up. Hose never touches the snow and will never freeze. When you get home tell him to change and wear the transfer hose to bed. Job's a good 'un.

[Blue Frog Systems]

why not get it on a reel slumpy... reel out to fill and in when done. you could even make it an electric reel like your van

[Clive McDonald]

Blue Frog
I did have it on a reel once.A wooden one that i used to roll.But now that you've said that, even though you are joking i think you are right.It needs to be set up like our vans- short length from tank to outside of shed- going into reel fixed to side of shed.
It does look untidy and is cumbersome to stow.

Hydrophyl
That's quite good. Ginger left some time ago unfortunately.After i'd paid the little poop holiday money.