Heat Trace Cable Installation Guide

Inspect heating cable and components for in transit damage.

Heat trace cable installation guide.

Check piping to be traced. Walk the system and plan the routing of the heating cable on the pipe. Alternate voltages rscc 240 vac self regulatingheating cables can be operated at alternative voltages. Power adjustment factor part no.

Ensure that the heating cable voltage rating is suitable for the service voltage available. Have been hydrostatically tested prior to the installation of the heating cable. Cable or component installation and follow the instructions carefully. Ensure all pipes tanks etc.

Complete the pipe pressure test. Refer to installation instructions included with cable termination kits or contact thermon for specific instructions to fabricate heating cable. Termination kits to fabricate a heat tracing circuit are not addressed in detail in these installation procedures. Of heating cable required to efficiently heat trace pipes valves and flanges.

Each heat tracing application imposes unique demands on the designer to achieve the desired performance in a safe manner. Always install tracing at the 5 or 7 o clock position on a pipe. Heat tracing systems comprise heating cables and ancillary items which necessarily interface with other system components such as thermal insulation and the electrical supply items which will power the system. An insulation resistancetest on each reel is recommended.

Heat trace the demands placed on heat tracing systems vary based on the design parameters specific to each application. Sensor location heating cable typical pipe wall. The canadian electrical code requires that all heat tracing applications utilize. Heat is generated in the conductive.

To meet these needs thermon manufactures the widest variety of electric heating cables and control systems in the world. The chart below compares heating cable power output with prod uct rating. These heat tracing cables consist of a conductive polymer heating matrix extruded between two parallel copper bus conductors.