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From: ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
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Subject: Re: ozshare1 info files
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Date: 20 Oct 90 04:23:36 GMT
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In article <2103@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes,
with regard to something I wrote:
>  See the previous posting on this topic. Sounds like you can't follow
>directions, either.

Bill, do you know what a heat tape is? It's a sort of plastic, linear electric
blanket you wrap around a pipe to keep it from freezing in cold weather.

Some years back, I wrapped one around a plastic pipe, running it up the pipe,
then back down, wrapping the second layer on top of the first. It turns out
you're not supposed to do that. A couple of nights later, I was out there
swearing in the mud as I excavated the part of the pipe where the tape had
melted through....

The thermostat is sealed in what looks like a length of Tygon (TM) tubing,
heat-crimped at the ends where the wires go through. Inside that tubing,
along with the thermostat, is a little piece of paper with the printing:

		"If all else fails, read the directions."

Yep. Like you say....


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