![]() ![]() ![]() Heat tape can melt a channel in the underside of the snowpack on your roof and give water a route to drain out. When the sun is out and snow starts melting, the dripping water needs a path to drain off the roof. whenever snow or ice is sitting on the roof. Holy Cross Energy’s residential audit program recommends using a timer to run heat tape from 6 a.m. It may seem counter-intuitive, but the best time to run heat tape is during the day. Find contact information for local electricians in the One Stop Shop at left, under "Contractor Locator." Using heat tape for maximum effectiveness and minimum energy Rebates to install heat tape timers are offered to homeowners and businesses throughout Garfield County, and to all customers of Holy Cross Energy. Using a heat tape timer can help make the system run more efficiently when it's needed, and turns it off automatically when it's not needed. Some larger houses and businesses in the region are running hundreds of feet of heat tape. That means each 100 feet of heat tape operating 24/7 can translate to an added monthly cost of $41 to $62 to operate heat tape, says Eileen Wysocki, energy auditor for Holy Cross Energy. Typical heat tape burns electricity at six to nine watts per foot per hour. Home and commercial building owners who have heat tape installed on roofs or in gutters to help prevent winter ice dams often find that heat tape also warms up their electricity bills. ![]()
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