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What is the procedure using flares to thaw a hydrant?
BCR provided some good recommendations, pretty much what I've also done in the past. I've never had much luck thawing the barrel of a hydrant but they work great for threads!BCR said:Light a couple flares, if the caps are frozen you just work the flame around the threads the same way you would use a torch, if the barrel is frozen you pretty much drop them in
That's true for FDNY but very few fire departments have thawing units. Those units have to have other ways to thaw frozen hydrants and equipment.Brooklynalex32 said:That's what the thawing units are for entropychaser