Once the secret design tool for aerospace designers, the heat pipe is a common fixture now thanks to the demands of PC CPU cooling. Heat pipes can transfer lots of energy from a hot side to a cold ...
. The system at Edward Little High School features 110,000 ft (32,528 m) of 1/2 in. REHAU RAUPEX® O2 barrier crosslinked polyethylene (PEXa) pipe. At 280,000 sq ft (26,013 sq m), Edward Little High ...
If you have a house that isn’t used in the winter or a home that has pipes running through an unheated area, such as a crawl space or attic, and the temperatures drop below freezing, you may want to ...
When the temperature plunges and your furnace hiccups at 2 a.m., the real danger is not just a chilly house but the quiet ...
When pipes freeze, they can burst and cause huge, and expensive, headaches.
Last month I wrote about early steam heating and how experimentation led to discovery, which led to new products or piping techniques. This time I will be writing about the early days of gravity hot ...