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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Forum Admin on December 13, 2011, 11:07:17 am
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With winter well and truly upon us, it’s high time that you did something to frost protect your ability to produce pure water. Heat tracing vulnerable water pipes will allow you to keep working when others are sitting idly waiting for pipes to thaw. Heat tracing your pipes and kit will prevent costly damage to ROs filters and so on. So how does it work? How can you use it to best effect?
Cedaronics' heat tracing is mains-powered cable that is attached to the undersides of pipework. Our heat tracing is self-regulating. This means that it adjusts its power consumption depending on the ambient temperature - this is one reason why insulation is very important. Using a thermostat allows a finer degree of control over the tracing - typically set to come on at 3°C.
Where your pipework is metal, the trace can be taped directly onto the pipe, however, if you are seeking to protect plastic pipes, then the pipe must be wrapped in aluminium foil first. This is to ensure that the heat from the tracing is distributed evenly.
For pipes up to 50mm diameter, you should use an insulation thickness of 10mm. Information on insulation thicknesses will be supplied if you tell us the diameter of pipe when ordering.
Heat tracing can also be installed in vans - as long as all the pipe runs can be accessed and there is room for insulation. Care must be taken to disconnect the van from the mains power when setting off for work. Heat tracing is not suitable for keeping tanks of water free from freezing, and heat tracing will not heat water for use in WFP.
For installation on plastic pipes you should allow a minimum time frame of one hour per 10m length.
If you have any questions about the suitability of heat tracing for your particular application, please don’t hesitate to enquire - by phone or email via our website - www.cedaronics.co.uk (http://www.cedaronics.co.uk)
These two photographs show cutaway views of heat trace installed on copper pipework:
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