sj
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Looks like maybe a heat wrap around pipe to keep it from freezing...
goes to an out building, or lights, or pump?
is it hot? suicide plug for generator feed?? touch it...
Didn't this "new to you" home get a home inspection? How did an inspector miss that?
I had something like that in a house I bought. It ran outside to an underground sump pump which lifted water to a Mickey Mouse French Drain. It had been covered over and abandoned.
Do a resistance check with an ohm meter. If you get an exact number ( 10 ohms, 67 ohms, etc) it's heat tape. If you get a much lower or higher number (1.3 ohms, 13,019 ohms, etc) it's probably a motor. If it's wide open, coil it up and ignore it.
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George could be onto something, wasn’t your neighborhood originally on septic and then sewered when the town was formed?Old septic system tank pump?
George could be onto something, wasn’t your neighborhood originally on septic and then sewered when the town was formed?
Open your water meter box and see if there is heat trace on the meter.Sounds like a heat tape with crusty connections.
Go ahead. Plug it in and tell us what happens! lol
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What was the water line for? That drop was put there for a reason. Maybe related?