Pipe Freeze Protection

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XL-Trace Systems

•Pipe Freeze Protection and Flow Maintenance

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System Overview

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Applications

• Above or Underground

• Freeze Protection

– General Water Piping

– Sprinkler Piping

• Flow Maintenance

– Grease Disposal Lines

– Fuel Lines

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Consequences of system failure

•Frozen or clogged pipes

•Environmental hazard from spills

•Equipment damage

•Loss of production

•Life-safety issues

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Determine Design Conditions

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Select Heating Cable Output

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Remember: Heating cable only maintains the temperature of stagnant fluid by replacing the heat lost through the thermal insulation

Pipe Heat Tracing

Heating cable power output

Insulation thickness

Pipe size (D)

Heat LossAmbient temperature

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Determine Voltage & Jacket

•Select Heating Cable Voltage

•Select Outer Jacket

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Determine Heating Cable Length

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Determine Heating Cable Length

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Select Temperature Controls

•Manual control

•Ambient thermostat

•Line sensing thermostat

•Solid-state Controller

•Tie into BMS

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Controls

AMC-1BLine sensing Thermostat

AMC-1AAmbient sensing Thermostat

AMC-F5Fixed 40°F setpoint Thermostat

DigiTrace 910Solid-state Temperature Controller with Ground Fault Protection

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Determine Number of Circuits

•Use the heating cable number to determine the maximum circuit length

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Calculate Transformer Load 16

•Use the total amount of heating cable and the maximum A/ft from table 7 to calculate the total transformer load.

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RayClic Components

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Product line - 6 connections

•RayClic-PC Power Connection

•RayClic-T Tee

•RayClic-S Splice

•RayClic-X Cross

•RayClic-PS Powered Splice

•RayClic-PT Powered Tee

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Accessories

•GT-66 Glass tape

•AT-180 Aluminum tape

•ETL Warning labels (every 10’)