[AT] Easier / now heat trace

[charlie hill]

The ones I used weren't peel and stick but they were big, about as big as a 
small bath towel.  They had a silicone rubber back (side toward the tank) 
and an aluminum (or maybe it was stainless steel) front.  They came with a 
tube of clear silicone caulk.  I think it was just regular clear 100% 
silicone but I guess it could have been something special.  Anyway you 
spread the silicone all over the back of the heater and stick it in place 
and then roll over it with a flat roller about 3" wide.  This jobber handles 
a lot of biodiesel and these are his oil tanks.  One is veggie oil and the 
other is animal fat.  He blends oil from these tanks into diesel.  In the 
winter time he was having a lot of problems with the oil gelling in the load 
out hoses.  He asked me if I could fix it and I told him I could. 
Apparently I did.  He says
it's worked fine ever since.  I also heat traced the lines (pipes) from the 
tanks to the load out and the fill line where he off loads trucks into the 
tanks.  We wrapped the pumps and valves with the same heat tracing tape we 
used on the piping.  It's all automatic, thermostat controlled.  All he has 
to do is pay the light bill.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:46 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Easier to Start?

charlie hill wrote:
> Steve I used silicone sheet heaters to heat trace two 20,000 gal. bio fuel
> tanks a couple of years ago for a friend that is a fuel jobber.
> They must be working fine because he hasn't hollered.   I put the heaters 
> on
> and then had the tanks insulated with a removable panel over the heaters.
> They have built in thermostats that are set to come on at hmmmm.  I think 
> we
> set them to come on at 40 deg F and go off at 60 deg. F.
>
> Charlie
>

Haven't had one fail in 5 years of use. I have them on my responder
vehicle, the winter snow gear and we use them on storage tanks as well.
They are nice for things like stock tanks and items like that as well
because they are flexible.

The big advantage is no mess or special installation required. Peel and
stick and plug in.

-- 
Steve W.
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