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1) Problem, no diagnostic tools at 0300 to determine if heat tape is
working. my infraed thermometer has walked off. this morning I dug up
pieces of some old indoor/outdoor thermometers and spliced pieces together
to get the outdoor section working. it didnt measure anything accurately
but it can tell temp *differences*. i measured outdoor air then taped the
sensor to different sections of the pipe. all sections of the pipe was
warmer than ambient air temp. i put some snow on an exposed part of the
tape and it melted. so, the heaters are working. the pipe in the water
hookup hole is exposed again. I stuck a heating pad around the exposed
part, warmed it up and we now have water again. :-) I need to
re-insulate the water hole section of pipe. fiberglass batting will work
but i have some old sweatshirts and that will have to do for now.
2) No bottled water, we use the free stuff, and i got the "uh, sure, frozen
pipes....OK." response from work. I was going to take the plumbers bill,
then the receipt for new heat tape, but i didnt do either. I guess I better
go out and take a picture of me laying in a foot of snow next to the house.
3) SNOW ANGELS!!
i guess i could go to work now. I will have to think on this for a minute.
(tick, tick, tick ) .... done. I have already missed enough of the day to
give me a black mark so there is no point in showing up to help.
At 09:39 AM 12/25/2002 -0600, > From: Glenn > > the friggin pipes have frozen. anybody wanting coffee will > just have to > wait. arrrrg,
> oh yea, > complements of the season to ya'll again. > > i got the computer another 256meg of memory. it dosnt think > any smarter but > it does it faster now :-)
The hell with heat tape, just set up your computer near those frozen pipes. Should melt everything in no time.
> glenn > mr Christmas fixit. > missing work to call closed hardware places.
