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Cold weather pexing (hr)

hr
hr Member Posts: 6,106
in THE MAIN WALL
the HVAC contractor had a construction heater on the job today (32 degrees). I placed my uncoiler several feet away to warm and soften the 3/8 and 5/8" pex coils. Get it up to about 100 degrees and move fast!

hot rod

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Do ya think...

    that idear would work outside? When we start tomorrow morning at 8:00, it MIGHT be above ZERO. It was -10 this morning. Night sky reradiation backed up by an Arctic cold front. Not looking forward to tomorrow.

    Cool tubing uncoiler HR.

    ME

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  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    If you

    could "tent" in in some how that would help. Maybe a wafer board enclosure of sorts. Properly placed and adjusted the heater could warm it as you pull it off, I reckon. Might take some trial and error. Well worth the effort if you are pulling big bore tube in the cold.

    Used to be a heated uncoiler available from some German manufacture, EHT Sigmund I believe.

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  • Dan Peel
    Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
    Cold ad for PAP..

    I sure prefer handling composites in the cold weather. Now we're not sure if they can make the pour 'til spring! Dan

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  • J.C.A.
    J.C.A. Member Posts: 349
    Sorry H.R.

    Didn't get a chance to see/meet you at Wetstock .(stuck in the back with the oil guys I guess) But how bout a well insulated , radiant paneled trailer with a propane fired munchkin ? Maybe hook it up to a big trailer and heat a porta-pottie on the side to keep all the staff on a job happy for the time your there ? Nice roller setup and keep the tubing warm (inside and out ) for the layout .

    Added bonus ....contractors will keep you around for the heated thunder bucket , vs. the cold hard plastic butt freezers they get used to .Just a thought . Chris
  • Dana Zaichkin_2
    Dana Zaichkin_2 Member Posts: 36
    Rohr Laboratories

    I thought that you would have designed a hydronic-heated tubing uncoiler by now - maybe powered by one of those little titan units.

    Best Regards

    DZ
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