Dixmor Weep Mizer

[bigleo48]

BTW...an infrared temp gun is a relatively cheap and extremely useful tool. Makes Earl's idea very easy to check.

The other very useful, but not often used tool is an ice thawing machine. Once a year or so, I'll have a boom freeze up, so I plug the machine into 110 vac, clip both ends of the hoses, turn it on. I wait a couple of minutes and monitor the hose with my temp gun. Once warm enough, I turn on the pump and voila...I'm back to drinking my beer

BigLeo

 

[Waxman]

You're a beer drinker?

 

[JMC]

The only time I froze up was when I fiddled with the settings.I was down 3 days and out alot of $ plus the mental stress. Don't do it or you will be weeping over a froze up wash.

 

[Wshn4alivn]

Anybody have any freeze ups this past week? brrrrrrrrrr... I've had temps down to 18 degrees and have been freeze free weeping cold water in a 4 bay . All bays are on the SE side of my equipment room and face SW with no doors. My Dixmor settings are......

AT 34 13%
BY 25 45%
TO -0- 99%
1 minute pulse

My flow rate is approx. 30 gal an hour for all 4 bays or 1 pint a minute per bay (full on). I determined my flow rate by timing the water meter on a rain day when no other water was running except my weep (1 gal in 2 minutes). I had these same settings last season but I'm sure my flow rates were larger in at least 3 bays, probably all 4.

This is kind of an experiment so use the settings above at your own risk .... haven't had much wind with the cold temperatures. Windchill is only a measurement for exposed skin but wind will cool water faster. I'm kind of a weather nut also and thought this thread could help us determine how far we could push the frozen water envelope. Of course, we all know the consequences.

Jim - Forum Newbie
Mason in South Central Michigan