On Dec 3, 6:05*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I'd have a look at Frostex heat tape. Self regulating, low wattage.

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My condolence on the loss of your copper. Hope the thieves try to steal a
transformer, some day, and die a terrible death.

Christopher A. Young
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"TomR" wrote in message

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You can get heat trace tape that's made exactly for this job that you
wrap around the pipe and then lag with some insulation. Very low
power, bit like soil heating cable.

That's the term that I couldn't remember -- heat tape or heat trace tape.

I think I'll probably be doing that as a minimum, and maybe the light bulb
idea in addition.

Another factor not mentioned is where it's located.
Around here, NJ, in a basement it would not get cold
enough to freeze a pipe like that unless you left the
basement windows open or it was somehow otherwise
exposed to the outside. And putting a couple old
coats over that pipe would help a lot too. The ground
temp that deep is around 50F all year long. If it was
here, that's all I'd do.