Going to freeze tomorrow

[BillB]

I keep my bleach and acid in a corner of my patio.
It's supposed to get down to the mid 20s tomorrow night.
Should I bring them in the house?
If that temperature won't hurt them, I'd rather leave them where they are.

 

[Patrick_B]

It's not going to hurt them, no worries.

 

[BoDarville]

^ What he said.

Rest easy...Temps would have to get down to around 14°F or so before you would have to worry about 8.25% bleach freezing. As for the acid, the freezing point of full-strength 31.45% MA is around -50°F, so virtually anyone in the contiguous 48 states would have no worries about the acid freezing. Even half-strength acid (~ 15%) would not freeze unless temps dipped just below 0°F.

 

[BillB]

Thanks, guys.

 

[freqz]

What about pool equipment for a light freeze like this? Just let the freeze sensor do it's thing or run out and turn the pumps off?

 

[jblizzle]

You want the pump ON if the temperature is below freezing. Whether you trust a freeze sensor (if you even have one) or just manually turn your pump on is up to you.

It is so rare here, that I just turn the pump on over night ... that was before I had automation, so I might see how the freeze protect works.

 

[freqz]

Got it-- hit the switch before bed tonight. Thanks.

 

[Patrick_B]

If you don't have a freeze timer, contact a pool service about installing one. What if you were gone tonight?

 

[jblizzle]

Well, as Mark says in the other thread it takes over 8 hours for a 2" pipe to freeze, so he does not even bother with freeze protection:
question-about-keeping-pool-open-t71610.html#p595117