> > Actually, now that I think about it, I'm still using that hose. I
> guess a hose can expand enough to withstand freezing.
>
>
> That, and one end of the hose is open, anyway, so that the water
> has place to expand TO. Or does it not work that way? I don't
> remember anything from my physics class that would tell me one
> way or the other.
>
> -Rifty


I think that in general, the problems occur if you leave a nozzle or something on the other end of the hose so the line is completely full of water with nowhere to go.

If you leave a hose lying on the ground with water in it but one end open, I would expect that enough water would run out on its own to prevent winter problems.

Don Monkey