Yea, it got pretty cold last night, down to 3 deg. F. Right now of this pasting it did get up to 18 Deg. F. But even though that's bad enough, had to do some work outside in the cold yesterday. Being we had trouble with our fuel in the tank the other week, I didn't want to go through that again and wake up in the middle of the night and it would be freezing cold in here!
So we ended going to Lowes and buying a heat tape, not the kind I wanted but it's the only type they had. I wanted the kind that used to be the color blue and it didn't matter id you crossed over the heat tape with another part of the heat tape, it wouldn't hurt it. The older heat tape and the one I bought, if it crosses of each other it will burn out.
So I got the heat tape and started where the fuel line goes under the house, then wrapped two coils of it around the tank filter and what was left I wrapped around the front of the tank, about three wraps. I then put a moving blanket on top of it as well as tied a piece of plywood at the end of the tank to keep the wind from hitting the tank but rather the plywood.
Regular #2 fuel oil jells at about 15-16 Deg. F., but I don't know what the 50/50 mix jells at but being with the wind chill was to make t feel like -55 Deg. below zero, I wasn't taking a chance. So when I woke up this morning everything was ok, so either the fuel just didn't jell or no water in the tank, or the heat tape did it's job. In any case I'm just glad things worked out.
We do have a gas Jotel stove in the living room which does a good job, but it doesn't help to keep the pipes in the basement from freezing.
Anyways.... everything is fine and within the next hours will be having our Christmas get-to-gather where will eat lots of good food then open presents!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
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