Hey Guys,
I have a frozen heating pipe feeding the baseboards in the rear zone of my house (kitchen, rear living room, laundry room, and small bathroom), the pipe is in the finished ceiling of my basement close to the outside wall.
I have a pipe thawer hooked up but it doesn't seem to be doing much even when it's been going for an hour.
Have tried a few configurations by moving the ends to different pipes between where I believe the frozen spot is. I suspect the configuration of the pipes is reducing the current as I have a blower in the middle of the kitchen and the bathroom baseboard, but I only have a few spots to attach the leads.
The copper pipe don't seem to be getting warm (at least not noticeably) where each lead is in contact, even though one of the leads glows hot.
Questions:
Should both ends be hot where each lead is in contact with copper pipe?
How long does it take to work? The distance between the 2 leads is 20 feet.
Do I need to cut a hole somewhere in the basement ceiling and connect there?
Thanks for any help.
I have a frozen heating pipe feeding the baseboards in the rear zone of my house (kitchen, rear living room, laundry room, and small bathroom), the pipe is in the finished ceiling of my basement close to the outside wall.
I have a pipe thawer hooked up but it doesn't seem to be doing much even when it's been going for an hour.
Have tried a few configurations by moving the ends to different pipes between where I believe the frozen spot is. I suspect the configuration of the pipes is reducing the current as I have a blower in the middle of the kitchen and the bathroom baseboard, but I only have a few spots to attach the leads.
The copper pipe don't seem to be getting warm (at least not noticeably) where each lead is in contact, even though one of the leads glows hot.
Questions:
Should both ends be hot where each lead is in contact with copper pipe?
How long does it take to work? The distance between the 2 leads is 20 feet.
Do I need to cut a hole somewhere in the basement ceiling and connect there?
Thanks for any help.