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James21 
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 Topic: Truckmounted machine freezingPosted: 05/August/2009 at 3:30pm |
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I just recently moved my business to Denver, Colorado. I do disaster restoration and water damage restoration with a truck-mounted carpet cleaning machine.... Should the cold temperatures of a Denver Winter give me cause for concern as far as the liquid freezing? Any tips or tricks for keeping this problem from happening would be greatly appreciated.
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doug
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Posted: 05/August/2009 at 4:09pm |
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It's called a garage?
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John L
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Posted: 05/August/2009 at 4:18pm |
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Everything will freeze..
There goes your TM..
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Posted: 05/August/2009 at 7:42pm |
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Just don't shut it off???
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Posted: 05/August/2009 at 9:11pm |
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James.. Is this a serious question??
 You honestly dont know? 
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Posted: 05/August/2009 at 9:15pm |
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Wate does not clean very well in the solid form???
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Posted: 06/August/2009 at 12:00am |
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LOL! The ice cube method!!!!!!
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Superglide Ken
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Posted: 06/August/2009 at 12:02am |
Unless you heat it hot enough to turn it into the gaseous state. That is called STEAM? 
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Posted: 06/August/2009 at 10:43pm |
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Run undiluted plumbing anti freeze through your system every night, when you turn machine on the next morning collect most of it back and start all over again.....trhat's what I did back in the 80's ( Didn't have a garage )
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Posted: 07/August/2009 at 8:18am |
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That is the way I did it too.
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Posted: 07/August/2009 at 11:50am |
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If you want a cheaper way blue windshield washer fluid its good for -20f..................
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Posted: 07/August/2009 at 6:58pm |
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I tried the windshield wiper stuff.....but when put through system it was hard to see the difference because of the dilution ratio, back then wiper fluid was only 49 cents / gallon but not worth the chance to freezing the system.
The problem I did have often was the blower impellers sticking even when lubed with oil
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Posted: 07/August/2009 at 8:56pm |
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Your right nightrider. It has to be closely monitored.
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Posted: 09/August/2009 at 10:41am |
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I blew High pressure air(75 psi+) through the system if it was not colder than -20C. After that anti-freeze was the only thing I used. Not worth taking a chance with equipment worth thousands for the sake of a couple of $$$.
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