What are the pros and cons of installing a roof heating cable?
网页Self-regulating heat cable is what you are going to want to have installed. This type of cable will increase heat output the colder the temperatures get. You can also get this cable in different levels of heat output. Bottom line is: heat cable is …
Do you leave the heating cables for the roof/ gutter on 24 hours a …
网页My heat cables are temperature-controlled. They turn on when temperatures drop below 38 °F and turn off when they rise above 50 °F, so I turn them on prior to the first freeze and will keep them on until night time temperatures stay above 45 °F for a while.
Use of roof heating cables - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
网页2018年3月16日 · Any roof above the wire line should not create a dam as the attic space should be insulated and cause the snow to not freeze. If you already have ice, then turn them on to melt that off. Some people put them on timers and run over night when its cold and off during the day, or a thermostatic control, below a …
Indicator light on electrical switch - Home Improvement Stack …
网页2016年8月4日 · 2. I just moved in to a house with roof heating cables. The outlet it is connected to in the garage has an indicator light which comes on in the down position. The indicator light is off when the switch is in the up position. Am I correct to assume I leave the switch up when I do not want the cables to work, and that the indicator light will ...
Why does my roof heater consistently trip the circuit breaker?
网页2017年3月14日 · Yeah, usually when a <X> fault detector trips, it's because the load actually does have an <X> fault. It often seems like the detector is the problem because it worked before I put in the fault detector... but actually, it's been faulting all along. – Harper - Reinstate Monica. Mar 14, 2017 at 17:56. In my experience, GFCI breakers do not age ...
heating - How can I create a radiant heat system for melting ice on ...
网页And there are radiant electric cables intended to be embedded in a substrate. I'm concerned about the ice dam cables being too feeble to radiate heat up through an inch of wooden stair tread. The cables meant for in-floor radiant heat or snow melting all say they must be embedded in a couple inches of cement, sand, or asphalt.
ice - To rake or not to rake snow off of roof - Home Improvement …
网页2021年2月10日 · Roof raking is a pain (especially in nasty winter weather) and has its cons, as others pointed out. Better to avoid ice dams. Consider putting heating cables in the gutters/downspouts and place the cables zig-zag on the edge of the roof to avoid ice dams forming. Also, use covers on the gutters to avoid the gutters getting clogged with autumn ...
Can I use existing telephone wire as a pull for new cables?
网页2015年2月1日 · 7. It depends. If it was installed originally, it should be stapled, in which case you can't use it. If it was fished through the wall after the fact then yes you should be able to pull using it. I would recommend pulling polyline first and then pulling the new cable through, along with another piece of polyline.
What should I do if new breaker buzzes like the old one?
网页2022年2月9日 · Take the breaker out of the panel and install it in another slot. The exiting slot might be damaged or lose. If the buzzing stops, it would be to your advantage to have the panel checked o
Keeping heating wires secured to roof during snow removal
网页2016年1月12日 · After my last post we got 5 inches of snow. I got on the roof and used a shovel to clear the roof vents. (My roof has a very gentle slope and I feel I was being safe). I also used a roof shovel to clear the edges of the roof. I now believe keeping the roof vents clear minimizes ice dams but they are very low and get covered by snow easily.