The MOST important thing is to disconnect your hose. I never used them in New York as we have frost free hose bibs. I doubt if these are frost free but the hose disconnect is most important!

It is not going to be cold enough long enough to be a problem. As long as it is above freezing during the day it will be fine. If it ever gets to the point the during the day it remains below freezing, then there could be an issue.

Finally someone with some common sense.

As someone that grew up living somewhere with 5 months of solid winter, some of the comments in this thread make me almost laugh about the overkill and worry over a few chilly nights. It seems like basic physics or common sense gets thrown out the window when people start to overworry about things.

No their pipes aren't going to freeze and burst from a few or even several hours of -3 weather. It's physically impossible considering most of your pipes are inside your home and the warm parts of the pipe will always distribute heat towards the cold parts of the pipe including your outdoor tap. Unless your home is freezing cold inside like close to freezing inside, there will be plenty of heat for the warm side of your pipe to heat the cold side.

Up north I never bothered to shut off the feed to my outdoor taps for the winter until several days or even a few weeks of below freezing overnight temps. Never had an issue.

Cold Weather and Your Tankless Water Heater: How to Prevent Freezing

During cold weather tankless water heaters need extra care. Even water heaters installed indoors could be prone to cold weather complications. Most manufacturer warranty's do not cover damage caused by freezing.

However, many manufacturers, such as Rinnai and Rheem have built-in some type of freeze protection which allows the unit to protect itself when temperatures fall below freezing.

Rinnai tankless water heaters have two lines of defense to protect them from cold weather and prevent freezing. The primary protection for a Rinnai heater, is the addition of ceramic heaters which are placed on the heat exchanger and other internal parts, as well as water lines. These ceramic heaters fire-up when the temperature drops into the low 30's and prevent the internal parts from freezing.

If the ceramic heaters fail for any reason, or the temperature drops too fast, a secondary freeze protection method is also built-in. This system utilizes a sensor inside the unit which determines if the tankless is below freezing. If the sensor is triggered it'll automatically turn the unit on for a few seconds and continue to cycle the heater on-and-off until the threat of freezing has past.

Both of these methods provide freeze protection to the Rinnai unit as long as both electrical power and gas is available to the unit. Be sure to check your owners manual for details on your specific tankless.

Yes! We do disconnect the hoses. Thanks

A hairdryer worked, if we did get a frozen spigot, back in the day

A hair dryer can unstick a hose bibb handle, but, if the pipe freezes, the water will expand and cause the pipe to break and leak.

I covered mine with an oven mitt last year. It worked perfectly

BTW....For those looking at Lowe's for faucet covers their inventor online shows 15 left.
Drove to Lowe's just now and their all sold out. WTF

Guy in the store said don't believe Lowe's inventor online
That store sucks.

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wrap with a small towel tied or taped, then tape a plastic bag over it to keep out the wind and rain

Probably had inventory on Labor Day.:shrug:

How about heat tape? My wife remembers that we used it on a spigot in N.J. that was openly exposed to the wind coming across the H.S. softball field. It worked.

We have a lemon tree/bush in our yard that was given to us as a joke present. I covered that baby like a baby and it was doing well. I would guess it was ready to give us some small lemons that coming spring. I forgot to cover the lemon baby an almost killed her. Luckily we got a few small lemons that spring and the verbal beating from everyone stopped. I have a lot on my mind nowadays. Like doing NOTHING. Best of luck to all during the cold snap and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Their inventory shows what is sold, not what has been stolen...

What I've done is place a thin wicking material around the faucet then wrap the whole thing in a thicker layer then cover it with a faucet cover I bought a lowes. The three layers really insulate it well and prevent freezing and expensive damage due to pipes freezing and bursting (I've heard it can cost thousands of $$$). I do this on any night it its forecast to get below 40 degrees, just to be sure. 3 years and our pipes are just fine!

Oh, wait, actually I've done absolutely nothing for these 3 years and our pipes are just fine. No covers, no running water all night, no nothing. I think I'm gonna stick with what works...and its easy.

Joe

:thumbup: That's just what I was told my management at the Lowes on 441.

:) If anyone is interested Amazon has them in stock for Prime Delivery by Friday. That would work just fine.
"faucet covers for winter" less than $4 each.