Winter can be fun; playing in snow and sitting beside your fire places while reading your favorite books really sounds like a holiday. However, snow build up would seem to be a problem for most of us. Most people would normally just use a rake but doing so would mean inconvenience and more hard work for us. Ice melt cables are used during the winter. It is an easier way of preventing accumulation up on gutters, roofs and other areas where a snow build up happen which sometimes turns into ice.
There are companies that provide these kinds of cables since it comes with different accessories. Here are the different accessories for ice melt cables:
• Power Connector Kit - Contains components & instructions for hard wiring a single run of heat trace cable to a junction box and to terminate the other end. Kit includes: Power Connection Components: Compression fitting, barrel connectors & shrink tube
End Seal Kit: End cap, Nylon braid & shrink tube.
• Splice and Tee Kit - Splice Kit Materials to splice two cables. Special weatherproof sleeving to insure trouble-free operation.
• End Seal Kit - materials for termination of one cable
• Asphalt Roof Clips - These aluminum clips are designed to secure our snow melt cable to an asphalt shingled roof. Each bag contains 25 clips and, in most instances, will secure around a specific length of cable.
• Aluminum Roof Clips for Metal Roofs - These aluminum clips are designed to secure our snow melt cable to a metal roof.
• Gutter Application Tape - Aluminum foil installation tape with pressure sensitive adhesive, 150' roll. Used to secure cable placement in gutters or to metal pipes.
• Downspout Hangers - Support snow melt cable in gutter downspout.
So why would you take the hassle of using the rake on a daily basis when you can buy an ice melt cable to secure your home from snow or ice accumulation? You may check your local stores for ice melt cables and install it now.
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