Ice & Snow Protection

WFS Trace Heating

Prevent Pipes from Freezing and Bursting

Trace Heating is the method of applying heat to a body, or to a product (liquid, powder or gas) contained within a system (pipework, vessel or equipment) for storage or transportation, in order to avoid processing problems or difficulties.

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An Introduction to Trace Heating

Trace Heating is the method of applying heat to a body, or to a product (liquid, powder or gas) contained within a system (pipework, vessel or equipment) for storage or transportation, in order to avoid processing problems or difficulties. The major benefit of trace heating are that the specialist cables self-regulate their temperature so they cannot overheat, and they can also be cut to length during installation to ensure the perfect fit, every time.

  • Frost protection of water pipes and condensate/drainage pipes
  • Maintain process temperatures
  • Ice and snow melting on roofs and in gutters
  • Ice prevention in downpipes and waste pipes
  • Instant hot water
  • EX approved cables for use in explosive environments

How does Trace Heating work?

WFS supply a wide variety of high quality UK manufactured Trace Heating, Constant Wattage and MI cables suitable for all applications. These heating cables can be supplied with a comprehensive range of trace heating thermostats, ice and snow melting thermostats, termination kits and wiring accessories.

Trace Heating cables are significantly more complicated than ‘standard’ heating cables. They are created by placing a self-regulating heating element between two bus wires, one live and one neutral.

When power is connected to these bus wires the heating element receives 230V, causing it to heat up. Each element contains specialist compounds that change their resistance depending on their temperature, which leads to the power output of the heating element falling as the cable gets warmer.

  • Standard range from 11W to 300W per metre
  • High quality junction boxes and thermostats for Hazardous and Non Hazardous areas
  • Large range of pre-wired and terminated lengths and special made to order lengths available
  • Specialist in-pipe cables suitable for use in pressured water pipes
  • Specialist in-pipe cables suitable for use in pressured water pipes
  • 240V, 110V, 24V & 12V trace heating cables available Intelligent Cables
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