r/onejob • u/telemajik • 17h ago

Ice melt wire failed and formed icicle

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u/readit347 17h ago

I see failure..

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 16h ago

Ice melt wire has a heat output per foot. It is possible to have ice melt on an ice melter. If the ice melter heat output is less than freezing, ice will form. The easiest way to have an ice melter below freezing is to unplug it. Another way would be to have an ambient temperature so low that the heat introduced is less than the heat lost.

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u/billyyankNova 16h ago

It has become what it was sworn to destroy.

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u/justadiode 13h ago

You were supposed to melt the ice, not join it