Our MOR-HEAT-TRACE 2806 heat trace cable provides an effective, economical method of preventing frozen pipes. At Mor Electric Heating we are experts in the field of using heating cable for Pipe Heat Trace Freeze Protection. All of our salesmen can quickly understand your pipe heating needs and decisively recommend the best way to handle your freeze protection problem. We are very familiar with the wide range of heating cable available and we offer only the best available with our MOR-HEAT-TRACE name on it, because we believe that if you are going to the effort of installing cable on a pipe, it should last a long time! There are several manufacturers who make very high quality heat cable and they have been doing so for decades. We have focused on and partnered only with these manufacturers to provide our customers with the very best quality product at the lowest price possible. Our MOR-HEAT-TRACE product is made with 16 AWG nickel-coated copper bus wires which is larger than some other cables that use 18 AWG wire. We offer our commercial grade Heating Cables along with Power Connection Kits, End Seals, Tape, Insulation and Control Panels/Thermostats.
Self-regulating Heating cable (also known as Heat tape or Heat trace) has a conductive core between two bus wires. This core becomes more conductive as ambient conditions get colder and the heating cable increases wattage in response to the cold (the number of electrical paths through the core increases and more heat is produced). This feature makes it ideal for Pipe Heating Freeze Protection because it uses less electricity than constant watt cable and it can be overlapped, especially around valves. The cable decreases its power output (watts), in warmer conditions, when the core becomes less conductive but the cable will not turn itself completely on or off. For this reason a controller or thermostat is used. The cable is available in either 120V or 240V and is sold by-the-foot, and is meant to be cut-to-length by the installer on the jobsite.
Mor Electric Heating will help design a Pipe Heat Trace Cable system. Self-regulating cable is typically installed along with a thermostat or control that can measure temperature, however a simple on/off switch can be sufficient. Controls provide maximum energy efficiency because the system operates only when necessary and the cable automatically adjusts its power output to compensate for temperature variations.
