Electric Heat Tracing
Remake batch 26: rewritten from scratch under the authoring cheatsheet with datasheet constraints; neighbors re-pointed to the new scope boundaries; the electrical code is now the adopted-electrical-code project fact
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When to use: Electrical resistance trace heating applied to piping, vessels, and tanks for freeze protection, process temperature maintenance, and roof and gutter de-icing, in both ordinary and classified (hazardous) locations, using self-regulating, constant-wattage (zone), series-resistance, or mineral-insulated cable with associated controls, ground-fault equipment protection, and monitoring.
− Not intended for: Steam or hot-fluid jacketed tracing, impedance or skin-effect heating of long transmission pipelines, snow-melt slab heating embedded in concrete, or space heating. Pipe insulation systems are specified in [[sync/mechanical-insulation]].
+ Not intended for: Steam or hot-fluid jacketed tracing, impedance or skin-effect heating of long transmission pipelines, snow-melt slab heating embedded in concrete ([[sync/snow-melt-systems]]), or space heating. Pipe insulation systems are specified in [[sync/mechanical-insulation]].
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### The 10% kit allowance and the 30 ft cable allowance are contractual spare-stock floors rather than sized quantities, so both carry concrete defaults. {note}