Explain this....

[inline 6]

My exhaust runs close to some stuff that would just be better off if it didnt have exhaust pipe heat radiating onto it. So I bought some of that wrap shit and some stainless ties. I wrapped one side and then went to compare temps against the un wrapped side.

What I found out is that the bare pipe is measuring 200+ degrees cooler than the other side. I'm showing the same reading even on the same pipe in an area that isn't wrapped.

My loose understanding is that the bare pipe should be warmer????

[Strychnine]

To get a baseline did you happen to measure both sides before anything was wrapped?

[bird_dog0347]

To get a baseline did you happen to measure both sides before anything was wrapped?

Don't go bringing baseline measurements into an engineering discussion you racist, xenophobic, Nazi!

[Chili]

I would expect those results.. Wrapping the pipe is, in effect, insulating it. That's going to retain heat much better that plain steel tube will. If you look at cars with heat shielding to protect surrounding components, they're usually not directly attached to or touching the actual exhaust.

Isn't that why people wrap headers, in fact (to retain heat)?

[Baron Von Crowder]

Don't go bringing baseline measurements into an engineering discussion you racist, xenophobic, Nazi!

I laughed way too loud in my cubicle.

[inline 6]

I would expect those results.. Wrapping the pipe is, in effect, insulating it. That's going to retain heat much better that plain steel tube will. If you look at cars with heat shielding to protect surrounding components, they're usually not directly attached to or touching the actual exhaust.

Isn't that why people wrap headers, in fact (to retain heat)?

I dunno, I did zero research I just swiped the card. my "thought" was that wrapping the pipe like some guys do on motorcycles will yes keep heat in the pipe but will also reduce temps near the pipe.

[Big A]

The wrap is supposed to trap heat, and cut down on radiant heat. Pick a panel close to the pipe, but not super close, or the pipe itself, and see what you come up with. I would think that it would be cooler as you get farther on the wrapped side.

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