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Caryn Montague
2025-09-07 12:44:52
I live in a pier and beam old Victorian home with skirting that is a little too airy for what Texas winters have turned into. The plumbing for the most part runs along the north section of the house. I bought the 160ft length of this self regulating heat cable and installed it on about 95% of the 1/2†copper pipes. I used the straight along the bottom method and in areas that I doubled back on 4 and 8 o’clock. The good: This cable works! It will help keep your pipes from freezing! The bad: It was hard to do, it’s not as flexible as the picture makes it look, you can not kink it, and the spiral method requires it to be insulated and use a fiberglass tape that is special order only. It also only has a six foot plug in cable and it does not allow you to use an extension cord.Yes I recommend it, but consider where you are installing it.
Ryan K.
2025-08-25 18:35:28
Has kept hose from freezing down to 0 Fahrenheit I conjunction with pipe insulating foam. No issues with a few hundred hours of use.
John
2025-08-22 17:56:35
Heat tape works well for narrow pipes.I would not recommend for2" pipes (PVC's) since the tape is too narrow for larger pipes such as the 2" pipes.
mitchell vaughn
2025-08-19 15:13:53
problem solver
BillyBob Hiccup
2025-08-05 11:26:42
It was cheep but still needs a shut off thermostat
Deb C
2025-08-02 15:05:34
I recommend straightening it out for a while. It was difficult to get around the pipe, wanted to curl
Wingman401
2025-05-05 11:48:04
Read the installation instructions and cover with good pipe insulation& waterproof if outside. Nothing outside in the Deep South is protected against sub-freezing conditions (so numbnuts drip faucets all night instead, dangerously dropping water pressure!). This electric trace cable is a bit unwieldy and NOT very flexible, but can be easily installed with the recommended tape and common sense routing. FYI - Electric Trace is NOT ENOUGH. YOU MUST STILL INSULATE THE PIPE, FAUCET, JOINTS... AND PROTECT THE INSULATION FROM GETTING WET (if using fiberglass or ceramic). DO NOT USE STYROFOAM/FOAM INSULATION with any electric tracing - it's not code.
R. Reed
2025-04-29 21:35:07
I live in a cold climate and our downspouts and the buried pipes would freeze each year, causing an unappreciated skating rink on my patio. These cables keep things clean and clear!
Jesse Levesque
2025-03-27 15:16:26
I needed this heater cable for a different use, so did not use as intended, but this gave me the opportunity to cut the cable apart. This cable is properly assembled with the braided lining connected to ground correctly, the wire inside the orange section is an appropriate guage, not like ultra cheap power cords which use as little wire as possible, and the wire appears to be full copper, not copper coated aluminium.It has no internal thermostat, so is always on, but self regulates to a temperature of about 32 degrees, only relevance is that when warm weather comes around it will still draw a small amount of power unless unplugged.
Michael D.
2025-03-19 14:24:22
Used this heated wire in an abs sewer pipe that froze multiple time during the winter. Solved our problem. Ran one full winter so far.
Eric Rocheleau
2025-03-04 14:24:57
Dans mon cas, j'avais besoin de mettre le fil directement dans le fond de ma goutière et dans mon tuyau de descente car ma maison a des troubles de chaleur dans le grenier lorsque le soleil plombe dessus en hiver, ce qui fait fondre la neige et remplissait mes goutières de glaces.Le fil fonctionne très bien, même par grand froid. Oui, le prix est assez élevé, mais ça fait maintenant 3 ans que j'ai commencé à mettre ce modèle de fil chauffant dans mes goutièses problématiques, et ils fonctionnent toujours aussi bien qu'à l'achat. Vu que ma goutière pouvait se remplir d'eau, j'ai choisi le modèle qui va sous l'eau.Personnellement, j'ai ajouté un commutateur Kasa avec minuterie à l'endroit où je les branches, question de ne pas avoir besoin de les faire fonctionner tout le temps et d'avoir le contrôle via l'application de mon cellulaire. Je les utilisent surtout quand la température passe d'en haut de zéro dégré celcius vers les froids sous zéro, question de m'assurer de vider mes goutières avant les froids (genre 3-4 heures environ). J'aime aussi les utiliser les journées où ça fond (juste au dessus de zéro avec du soleil) pour accélérer la fonte. Avec ces 2 façons de faire, mes goutières sont toujours libre sans avoir à les faire fonctionner les fils électrique tout le temps.Note: je laisse mes fils HeatIt installés à l'année et ça n'a pas causé de problème jusqu'à présent. J'ai aussi acheté 5 fils HeatIt jusqu'à présent pour faire le tour de ma maison et garage depuis les 3 dernières années. Je suis donc très satisfait du produit. Je recommande.
Larry
2025-03-01 15:21:04
I installed this from the outlet end of my sump discharge tube. If they had put a rounded endcap on the cable instead of a square flat one it would not have stopped at each of the hose barb couplings along the line and made me dig up 2 connection points to feed it along up to the foundation wall. Otherwise I think it was a good buy.
Shelly
2025-01-26 17:20:45
Kept my lines from freezing in my trailer! Works great no issues so far
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