So, with winter here, I’d like to get a general consensus…
What temperature will you use your WFP down to?
I usually use 25 degrees as a rule of thumb. Seems the radiant heat from the inside of the windows keeps the water warm enough to do what its supposed to without freezing solid.
Anyone going lower? If so… how?
… What about hoses and tubes freezing at that temp?
The only solution Ive found is to keep them running once theyre turned on.
If the water is moving through the tubes, it shouldn’t freeze at those temps.
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Mine is stored (sitting in office) for the winter.
I’ll run water thru it every month or so to keep it from drying out.
same here
How about freezing on the windows?
Would also think that wind would have to factored into that equation…
Wind chill and dry time… temp here now 25 with a 9mph wind and feels like 15.
Will it stay warm enough with a added wind speed. For the window to dry.
My thoughts. Wind speeds pushing into the 15 to 20 range might be to much at that temp range.
Mines been stored for a good [B]month[/B].
More than anything, it’s the lack of access…
I’m assuming that most cust have someone do it FOR them,
because they all seem to get shut off around “fall cleanup” time.
Possibly, if it doesn’t dry real fast, and sits on the glass for awhile. Maybe will also depend on the type of window. Single pane or double pane may act differently.
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This ^ is a main factor for me to stop using WFP at approx 30-35 degrees.
Once the wind kicks up the wind chill factor kicks in big time. The glass does not have time to dry properly.
We used ours twice last week, but we were able to hook up to hot water spigots inside garages both times.
If hot water is available I would go as low as 25 with wind chill factored in. Evaporates quicker so it will dry sooner in cold temps.
With cold water I would stop using it at 30.
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I wonder what’d be like if you can work a contraption like a blow dryer on the end of a pole set on a low setting (assuming its not raining or snowing) to remove droplets quickly before they freeze?
24, 25° Fahrenheit. Anything below 30°, wind chill becomes the determining factor. I found that even once it freezes slightly it slowly melts and dries clear because of the internal heat.
I had a job last week that was just at or below freezing, pure water system worked great but the problem was it was freezing on window a few minutes after final rinse so I just put system way and went traditional with a little alcohol added to water. I have looked at storing it for the winter months.
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Hot water applied to glass subjected to sub freezing temps.
Supposedly safer than applying cold water to very hot glass. Though by the time the water reaches the brush in my system, its really luke-warm.
u running a pump?
yeah, I have a 25 gallon sprayer tank in the vehicle, that I fill and then heat over night with a submersion heater. I don’t run the water constantly even in subfreezing temps, so the water cools quite a bit in the hose. But its warm enough to use down to 25F or so.
When I know I’m not going to get away with it I price my job a bit more to compensate for the price of pure alcohol.
I’m having fun seeing how low I can go until the price of wfp backpack solution outweighs the amount I’m willing to work for. I’ll have it down by the end of Winter and will price jobs more appropriately for next Winter.
