Any ideas please? Keep lines from freezing at tank end!
Hi folks
I moved my tank into my pole barn so as it gets warmer the tank would be out of the sun and stay cooler.
The tank is fed with just two 5/16 lines on gravity. Trouble is the lines will fill with sap and freeze when it gets cold. I am worried that they will not thaw and run on days where the temp may thaw the lines in the woods but not in the barn. They do run down hill but still some sap freezes inside of them.
I have considered running them through a larger pipe ( say 3" PVC ) and putting a small bulb or heat tape in it at the low end to keep the temp up above freezing. Maybe just ending the 5/16 at the 3" PVC and run that across the pole barn and into the tank?
I am not sure what to do!
Any ideas are greatly appreciated. I know you have already invented the wheel, no need for me to do it again!
2012 4 taps and a bunch of propane
2013 12 taps and a new home made 1x2 flat pan fit to an old wood stove, more propane
2014 40 on tube flowing down hill to a 1x2 and 3 steam pans on emergency arch. (Drowning in sap)
2015. New 2x5 flat pan and much better arch. 1x2 on new rocket stove ( this thing cranks, can't wait to use it) 60 on tubing into 250 gal tank. 6 on buckets just for comparison and a little extra!
2016. Not a good year with the mild weather winter.