Omg I am dying laughing you guys!!!
Oh my lord. I dealt with a few of these and it drove me absolutely insane. One time the actual hydrant froze and I didnāt know since I only use it every 3 or 4 days to do water. So I go to do water and itās frozen solidā¦
Idiot co boarder: oh yea I noticed that 3 days ago.
Me: and you said nothing?
ICB: well I figured we would just wait for a nice day.
Me: You know the horses donāt just need water on nice days right?
I had to miss work that morning waiting for the emergency plumber to come out. I was so pissed.
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I knew I shouldnāt comment on this thread. I jinxed myself. Itās been nearly 3 Colorado winters since Iāve had my 270 ft long hose freeze but that streak ended this morning. 
Oh well, I think somebody just drained it too fastā¦ luckily its going to be in the 60ās and 70ās all week here so not the end of the world!
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For those who use an air compressor to blow out the hose, at what PSI and for how long? I just tried blowing out 200ft of hose but Iām not convinced the air blew the whole way through - I couldnāt feel air coming out the other end. I have a small air compressor so each blast of 50 PSI just lasts a few seconds.
it is not necessarily PSI but air volume that is needed to expel the water in the hose by displacement.
A 3/4 inch diameter hose 200 feet long requires a little less than 5 gallons of air to replace the water in the hose
here is a calculator for different diameter and lengths
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If the hose is on a reel, I turn the reel as a āreverse Archimedes screwā to drain it.
This is great, thanks!
Every time I see the thread title Iām like: āchupacabra, maybe?ā
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