On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/1/2011 2:37 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> I always wondered why home driveways weren't embedded with nichrome wire, >> the wire that's put on the back window of cars to defrost and de-ice. all >> it has to do is heat the driveway to 33F. >> >> > I looked at a house once, in Lexington, MA, that had pipes buried in the > (sloping) driveway to melt the snow. The agent told me that on a cold > winter day all the dogs in the neighborhood could be seen sitting on the > driveway, with smiles on their faces!
We have close friends who did this to their driveway. The wife is a very dear, sweet, smart lady, but a little flaky. They marveled at what a good job the driveway heater did. At least a month later they discovered that she accidentally set the thermostat for this thing at about 70 degrees (F) and forgot about it. Oh, and the driveway is about 250 feet, and widens in front of their 3+ car garage. Wouldn't you love to have seen the gas bill? Ken _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
