Confirming Your Heat Tape is Working Correctly
How to Know If Heat Tape Is Working: A Practical Guide for the Worried Homeowner Winter's chill has a way of making us think about all sorts of things we usually ignore – like the exposed pipes under your house or out in the garage. And if you've been smart, you've probably got some heat tape wrapped around them. It's supposed to be your silent guardian against frozen, burst pipes and the absolute nightmare of water damage that comes with them. But here's the million-dollar question: how do you actually know if that heat tape is doing its job? Is it just sitting there, pretending to be useful, or is it genuinely keeping those pipes toasty and safe? ...