Tracer Wire For Water Pipes

This product reduces condensation on cold pipes and heat loss on hot pipes.

Tracer wire for water pipes. Includes thermostat and easy to follow instructions. Easy to install run cable along pipes and plug in. Underground tracer wire sometimes known as electrical wire tracer is used to accurately locate underground pipes and lines. Splicing of wire if necessary shall be done in such a way to produce an electrically and mechanically sound connection.

Ansi gptc install tracer wire as a single continuous wire. Contact with the pipe is allowed but shall be minimized. This wire is what s actually searched for if the pipe itself needs to be located hence the name. Heat line provides electrical heat tracing and heating cable solutions that are fully certified and suitable for installation in multiple freeze protection applications including new existing residential water supply pipes new existing municipal water supply pipes sump pump lines drilled dug wells small large diameter drain pipes sewage septic pipes and drains small large diameter culverts metal non metal tanks and vessels and roof de icing.

Two outer layers of aluminum foil reflect 97 of radiant heat. Underground tracer wire is available in sizes 14 through 6 awg in an array of colors depending on the intended use. In diameter or pipes 1 to 1 1 2 in. May be used with both metal and plastic pipes.

Install tracer wire along the pipe above or to the side of the pipe. Each layer of foil is bonded to a tough layer of polyethylene for strength. Using a spacer taping the tracer wire to the pipe every 8 10 feet in the three o clock position or specifying fill between the pipe and tracer wire are all acceptable practices. With a 4 700 lb break load and a 50 mil hdpe jacket it s the only one you ll need for pipe bursting and critical bore applications.

Reflectix pipe wrap may be installed by spiralling or wrapping around water pipes. Recommended 2 6 separation. The tracer wire should be placed in the same orientation to all installed pipe. Once a pipe is laid down tracer wire is placed along it s length and buried next to the pipe.

Three wires per cable seven watts per foot 120 volts. Tracer wire which is also called locating wire or locator wire is used to assist in locating pipes and other lines after they ve been buried in the ground.