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  2. Prepare for the coldest Arctic blast: How to keep your pipes ...

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    Water expands when it freezes, Sperlich said, so people should drip indoor facets when temps dip below 32 degrees. Just make sure you drip the farthest faucet from your main valve. "You don't have ...

  3. Experts explain how to keep your pipes from freezing and the ...

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    "Most commonly, it starts where somebody accidentally left a hose hooked up to the outside of the house and they don't realize that water freezes in the hose line and goes through the hose bib or ...

  4. Mpemba effect - Wikipedia

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    Various effects of heat on the freezing of water were described by ancient scientists, including Aristotle: "The fact that the water has previously been warmed contributes to its freezing quickly: for so it cools sooner. Hence many people, when they want to cool water quickly, begin by putting it in the sun."

  5. Auto-defrost - Wikipedia

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    "Frost-Free" refrigerator/freezer units usually use a heating element to defrost their evaporators, a pan to collect and evaporate water from the frost that melts from the cold plate and/or evaporator coil, a timer which turns off the compressor and turns on the defrost element usually from once to 4 times a day for periods usually ranging from ...

  6. How and When to Winterize Your Rain Barrel (It Depends on ...

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    Drain the water. Open your rain barrel spigot and allow the water to drain away or capture the water and use it to irrigate your garden one last time before winter.

  7. Ice pack - Wikipedia

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    An ice pack or gel pack is a portable bag filled with water, refrigerant gel, or liquid, meant to provide cooling. They can be divided into the reusable type, which works as a thermal mass and requires freezing, or the instant type, which cools itself down using chemicals but can only be used once.

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    Drain water from outside supply lines, such as sprinkler systems. Improve your home’s insulation, especially around vents, light fixtures, windows and doors. Wrap pipes with heat tape and pipe ...

  9. Flash freezing - Wikipedia

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    Ice crystals in a frozen pond. When the water cools slowly, crystals are formed. When water freezes slowly, crystals grow from fewer nucleation sites, resulting in fewer and larger crystals. This damages cell walls and causes cell dehydration. When water freezes quickly, as in flash freezing, there are more nucleation sites, and more, smaller ...