What do you during the winter, when the barrel isnt connected?
160388
Just make sure the barrel is "mostly" empty. Otherwise water could freese and expand and crack your barrel. I reroute the water to a corrugated plasitic pipe underground that daylights away from the foundation.
160389
Dawn, the adapter comes with a plug, so when winter comes you disconnect the hose and push the plug into the hole. It seems to be working so far this winter. The barrel I drained and moved into our garden shed. Hugh
160390
Here in Illinois where we get a hard freeze, we disconnected the hose from the diverter, put the red plug, that comes with the kit, in the diverter and then emptied and cleaned the barrel. The whole process took maybe thirty minutes after the barrel was drained.
1840933
You can call Kombucha Kamp directly and ask them about your specific situation; it should be ok unless it's left unattended for many hours in freezing weather. (note: I already answered this question in the forums; someone else asked, too, and I posted a direct quote from Kombucha Kamp, which I don't have to hand at the moment). This has been a really great company to deal with; prompt, great service, and willing to answer questions! Best of Luck!
1382090
I change mine when full. The attraction doesn't seem to have a shelf life, but would probably freeze in winter.
468805
When it freezes below about 20 you have to drain it to protect the coils. That said, you may start the water and fire it up when it is below freezing, just remember to drain it once it cools off.... Our unit works on a single handle application, it just has to be set at a lower temp.
1761850
In the best case, the water expands as it freezes and stretches out the barrel, deforming it. More likely, though, the water expands as it freezes and ruptures the barrel. It's probably best to make sure it doesn't freeze with any appreciable amount of water inside.
2125862
I would suggest talking with customer support at the manufacture. I have not used mine all winter but will be using mine at least by May. I am waiting for the snow to melt.
1086023
It is rather stiff tubing that I buried in several places. Not sure that it would withstand freezing in winter but other than that I would bury it. It uses barb type connectors, any hardware store would have adapters to match any tubing size to any other size.
736265
It just overflows in a downpour, no way around Mother Nature. Where I have mine located there is not room for an additional barrel. But no matter it works great
1758741
if it wer me i wood A replace barrel B get apray an rubber gutter sealer or swamp cooler sealent from at the hardwareC use this sh@# remember its got to be clean and dry to work
1770632
You can get it below freezing if you want. There is no temperature gauge, so you need to put a thermometer inside and inside and play with it a little, but it will get as cold as you want.
967846
For me I just use a little battery operated pump , air it up till it feels moderately tight then go for it. Just a word of advice....be mindful that on a hot day they will get too tight and you should beach land it a relieve a little pressure. on a cold day I had it all pumped up, threw it on the trailer and headed to the lake, when I got there it was deflated considerably due to the cold. I pumped it up and away it goes. Its a awesome rig. Get U 1, FISH ON!
2235075
I believe it depends on how low the temp will go indoors where you store the pump. If it goes down to or below freezing indoors where you store it I would use this treatment. Besides it is a good practice to lube and protect the seals from drying out after sitting all winter.
2243876
It is never a good idea to let water freeze in any container unless there is a lot of room for it to expand. I drain all my rain barrels, turn them over or place them on their sides. This year I cleaned this one on the inside as well as it sits in the sun all summer and does get some algae. I also think the freezing of water in it can not be good for the valve. I leave mine open. If you can not move it or turn it, leave the drain open so what rain or melt you get can drain out. We can get down to -25 here in Vermont. The barrel itself does just fine with the cold. And I do not need it active again until late April. Good Luck. It is never a good idea to let water freeze in any container unless there is a lot of room for it to expand. I drain all my rain barrels, turn them over or place them on their sides. This year I cleaned this one on the inside as well as it sits in the sun all summer and does get some algae. I also think the freezing of water in it can not be good for the valve. I leave mine open. If you can not move it or turn it, leave the drain open so what rain or melt you get can drain out. We can get down to -25 here in Vermont. The barrel itself does just fine with the cold. And I do not need it... » Read More It is never a good idea to let water freeze in any container unless there is a lot of room for it to expand. I drain all my rain barrels, turn them over or place them on their sides. This year I cleaned this one on the inside as well as it sits in the sun all summer and does get some algae. I also think the freezing of water in it can not be good for the valve. I leave mine open. If you can not move it or turn it, leave the drain open so what rain or melt you get can drain out. We can get down to -25 here in Vermont. The barrel itself does just fine with the cold. And I do not need it active again until late April. Good Luck. « Show Less
2180117
Sorry, My bike is wrapped-up for winter. You'll have to contact the company.
1569593
I think a nice little expandable awning with posts would be cute. LOL. It took 2 days for my feral to love this and we had a foot of snow this weekend and it did not go into the opening from the top. There's actually a lip when they step into the opening because it has thick insulation throughout the tube. My tube is on my porch which has a roof covering it so just the heavy sideways stuff gets on the porch. I think just change the straw cause they give you enough for like 4 changes and as long as you don't put too much in they get into the house away from the opening and stay pretty dry and warm. It's a huge hit at my house and I feel better cause she obviously had no place else to go.
114282
There is an over flow drain, do not buy this barrel. It is so hard to drain, do not buy if you have cold weather. My wood barrels that finally gave out over a 15 yr period of time, used to hold water and freeze in the winter time, then in spring would thaw, they continued to work well. This barrel is plastic and warps in the winter. It might fair better in a warm area but still hard to drain or attach a hose to the drain spout at the bottom. It needs to be elevated off of the ground to comfortably get a hose attached to it.
1979613
If you mean deterrent than yes, it can be used it that manor, I think they make an Hoppe's oil with "weather shield." That might be more useful for you. This stuff also works well on the action and the inside of the barrel.