Hello men. Can it be used for securing hot water or steam pipes? Thank you!!!
148768
fairlly sure the melting point of the tape could handle th heat of steam line.
501256
This product is pretty "stiff" under normal conditions, and is therefore very limited on bend radius - you can not form it into a tight bend without kinking it. It needs only a push-on barbed irrigation connection to work fine at pressures of at least 30 psi in my hookup. Since you plan to run heated water thru it, it will be much more "limp" and may need to be fastened at every connection with a hose clamp. With that precaution, and keeping in mind the bend limitations, I see no reason why it should not work.
203190
I haven't tried any heated products with it but I really don't think it would hold up. Try some plumbing fittings.
2097124
I bought this specifically for use with hot water around 180 degrees. Hot water may damage regular garden hoses (or maybe not) but I wanted to play it safe.
488693
There is a threaded rod in the middle on the bottom that you can use to secure it to your frame. If your frame does not have a mounting point you can buy a piece of flat steel at your local big box home improvement store or hardware store and use a vice and/or some homebrewer ingenuity to bend a mount to bolt on to whatever your using for a frame. I bought two for my keggle HERMS system and they don't put out enough heat to get water to strike/boil temperatures for my taste.
1152770
I used it in a crawl space for an outside spigot. But I don't see why it couldn't be used on a hot as well.
1854784
Yes, it can. But you must be careful to keep your hand out of the path of the VERY HOT steam!
1911642
I can't see this would be any help. The hot water is a continuous circulation and doesn't take that much electricity. Using a motion detector would mean you'd have to wait for the hot water to reach the faucet.
565319
I use mine in hanging fittings all the time, with no problems. Though I have mine in open fittings, so heat is not an issue. If you put one in an enclosed fitting you may have problems with overheating.
444762
The statement was probably written by their lawyers to avoid problems with PVC piping. I use these on PVC in my irrigation system and on hydraulic controls on my tractor with success. I wrap the pipes and the heat tapes with aluminum foil then pipe wrap insulation to disperse the heat and to avoid losing the heat to the environment. I'm not sure I would put up with the risk of shorts and subsequent fire for an in house application. Peter
1856065
I would not recommend it. It's silicone. So I don't imagine it would with stand that constant amount of heat for the time it would take to steam something.
1974410
Not sure...I would think so? I haven't used it for that, but it seems like a logical use for it. Just don't use too much pressure, or it will stress out the attachment points.
869027
Yes that is what it was intended for. You may want to get the collar and lid option (Like I did) that can be put on top of it to hide the pipes that come out of the top.
1109667
Clever thought but I would think no. The speed the water would travel through pipes would not give it time to heat up. But I am guessing here.
422128
Yes I think that will work fine. You can use it just to generate hot water. Hope this helps!
1578756
This is more a soldering gun. It is not hot enough to do plumbing. You might be able to do some light weight tin projects. Remember the area around the solder point has to be hot also. The Weller would take a very long time to do copper pipe. As a rule, I just use mine for wiring, but I could imagine it being used for small diameter copper.
1962401
Yes you can. Our service men use it with PEX piping without any issues.Thanks