Can Heat Cable Catch On Fire? Ways To Prevent This From Happening On Your Home 

So he did explain it before he talked about the right type of breaker…he mention incorrect connections as well. Overall was made to get you think about it a little more than just plugging it into a normal outlet/circuit.

It's no guarantee since there is no way to detect dangerous arcing with 100% accuracy, but a combination AFCI and GFCI breaker or receptacle is certainly good insurance and cheap enough to be worth it even if code doesn't require it where you are.

GFEP breaker or device would have prevented the fires and burned cable shown in this video. Thanks for watching!

So my GFCP won’t help at all???

You ruined an otherwise sensible comment with some bigotry at the end.

@@RedSiegfried Yeah, truth sorta hurts don't it.

@@joetoyota7903 I'd say it's the entire western world but I digress. Just had a friend ask me to install some for them and they want it set up so they can plug in when needed and unplug when not needed. They are American.

@@thegoodobserver Then, they are the exception, not the rule.

@@joetoyota7903 Agreed

me too

Gloves are not necessary when installing heat cable.

Oil breaks down rubber

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@dcahill121rubber is made from oil 🤨

A dead short as you described will trip the breaker. The problem is a series short or even a high resistance parallel short won't trip a standard breaker, which needs to either see a sudden 150-200+ amp spike or a sustained current well over its rating to trip. That won't necessarily happen in a situation like this. This type of scenario is why we now have arc fault circuit interrupters. They are specifically designed to detect this type of arcing. And while a ground fault circuit interrupter isn't specifically designed to prevent fires, they also can under certain conditions, so it's best to use both for things like heat tape.

@@averyalexander2303 Yeah. I agree. But if you have spent any time messing around with GFCI then you know that they are notoriously troublesome. I have had to replace nearly every one in my houses at least once. But anyway, yeah. You got me there. They do lend a kind of safety feels, but they can also alert you to trouble that doesn't exist, which is a PITA to troubleshoot.

A little overly dramatic and excessive, aren’t we? With your screaming caps. This is the first tome I’ve heard of it, out of the millions that install deicing cables. 30,000 die in traffic deaths each year, and you don’t bat an eye.

@@icevariable9600 engineers are idiots. People who can't perform in the real world so they play the paper world. Then in the real world we fix what they do

​@@icevariable960023yrs doing commercial, industrial and residential roofs I've seen thousands of this cables and never seen one burnt like this.

The purpose of this video is to show how improper use and installation of a product, can, but does not always, result in dangerous situations.

@@wasatchheatcable8757 Okay I get it. I'm just saying! To ME! This is a giant hand 2 face.

​@@autismknights8971 It's an informative video, chill out.