Winterizing Wireless Flow Meter

post by Bgman on Oct 21, 2019

I live in the northeast and this will be my first winter with the WFM. In light of the HandyDadTV video, I am seeking advice on the best way to winterize and protect the WFM. At first I thought about retrofitting a spigot sock or foam housing to wrap around the WFM but now may just get a vacuum breaker cover/sock as seen here. Any thoughts? I am interested to know the experiences of any others with a WFM that survived a snowy/cold winter.

post by liv4muddin on Oct 21, 2019

Didn’t have any issues with mine. Gets around 10 degrees at its coldest here and mine hasn’t had any issues. All I did was blow it out as I blew out the zones. Fired right up this spring. Got the normal fake rock and insulator wrap.

post by terminator on Oct 23, 2019

I didn’t do anything to mine and it survived the first winter last year in Virginia. I don’t know how many more it will survive though. If we should something to protect it from cold, I would also like to hear from Rachio.

post by laura.bauman on Oct 24, 2019

As long as you complete a successful system blowout, the WFM will be safe. We recommend having a Pro do your winterization and blowout to ensure it’s done right and doesn’t damage any part of your system.

post by haroldmu on Oct 26, 2019

Always safer to drain the system and wrap exposed piped.