Got to love needle palms and Sabal minor today! Trachy, too. Look so nice with that snow on the fronds.

Really hope you can pull that Washy through winter.

no way to know if the rope lights turned on

10F ? oh oh, but if it's wrapped/insulated well, one night would probably be OK.
But the Butia.... 😕 ouch.

Wattage is really low on LEDs.
Emit light, not heat like incandescents with a filament.

After reading your post, I plugged in a rope light string indoors.
After 15 minutes it still felt the same temp.

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Would you be better off--with really tight wrapping--to have installed a heat tape like Beny and Keith do?

I doubt rope lights would keep a water line from freezing like heat tape will. 😉

Time for a new remote, Jim.
Remember to get new batteries for both the sending unit AND the receiver.
One of my units came with instructions about which unit to install batteries in first.

I've got a related issue but will post a new topic.

Barb

I woke up at 4am to the screams of palms

Me too, but mine were like, "Yeah, we're all toasty in our enclosures and its gone down to 30'f out there!" YAY!!

only down to 18F here this morning and the needle had a bag over it..should be fine..says its going to be 65 on sunday 🙄

Its -8c ( 15F) this morning, and i still have a lot of Trachy, Needle and Chamaerops uncovered. And all looks fine...will warm up tomorrow, but today the high is only 30F 😯 ....few degrees below normal...

Ben

Thanks you guys.....

Barb

I always use new batteries(the good ones)but-some of the sensors are going on 6 years old now
and I know I needed lots of rest when I was 6 years old 😀 I think they are crapping out.

If you take your rope lights and make a circle on the ground(like rolling up a hose)where the
strands are laying on top of each other the surface temp will go over 100F eventually.

They give off a little heat but it dissipates so fast it is unnoticed-btw

This was a temporary measure and insurance just in case it went below the forecasted 18F
because I just wanted a tiny amount of heat if needed-the c-9 lights would be to cramped...
if the sensor would have worked I could have been able to see if the ropes lights heat could even
make it to 45F to shut the Thermocube off.

Going to uncover it now,I will take some pics-if it got nuked look for a thread title called.

"Blacked chicken"

😉

Fingers crossed for you.
P.S. only 20 oF here this morning. Still zone 9, right? 😆

think they are crapping out

Yeah, between the sensors, receivers, ext cords, Tcubes and lights, the risk increases as stuff ages.

And then there's this to really mess with my mind:
http://www.rapidtables.com/convert/electric/15-amp-to-watt.htm 😐

If you take your rope lights and make a circle on the ground(like rolling up a hose)where the
strands are laying on top of each other the surface temp will go over 100F eventually.
They give off a little heat but it dissipates so fast it is unnoticed-btw

Good to know. I'll do that.

Looking forward to seeing the pics.
Fingers crossed it's fine especially with good job wrapping.

Think I still prefer a heated air space vs tight wrapping.
I've had too much fungus damage from not enough air movement.

Barb

Got to a low of 9 deg F on Monday here while I was gone on vacation. Forecast before I left said low of 19, so wasn't too worried about what I had left outside in pots.

about 5 Mexican Fan Palms, CIDP's, Chinese Fan Palm(both in a pot, and 3 in the ground), Both Silver and Green versions of European Fan palms.

All the Mexican Fans took a hit and discolored and hopefully now that they are in some protection in my garage will pull through. Amazingly the Chinese fan palms seem to be untouched! Even the ones in the ground that I over winter tells me they are a lot tougher than I would have thought. Needless to say the Europeans did fine too.

Next time, I won't pay attention to the weathermen.

won't pay attention to the weathermen.

9F minus 12 C ???? 😯
Holy crapola.

Just one night? not the whole time you were away hopefully
Barb

9F and yea, it sucked while I watched the temps from Phoenix, AZ 🙁

Forgot to mention the two Windmill palms in the ground that are not yet protected. Again, they both sailed through the cold just fine.

Good way to ruin a vacation, huh?

Hope Jim's results are OK...he was going to post some pics.

Hallooooooo, earth calling Jim, come in please!

Barb

Scott,
sorry! Glad the Livistonia came through.

I think they survived worse one year in el paso, tx