Abstract: A waste heat auxiliary tank system is provided for transferring heat from the coolant of an internal combustion engine to process water contained in an auxiliary water storage tank. The waste heat auxiliary tank system operates by drawing coolant from the engine of a truck, diverting the coolant through a common heat exchanger of the type employing coils, tubes or the like, and pumping process water through the heat exchanger, where heat is transferred from the coolant to the process water, to an auxiliary water storage tank for storing the hot process water on the truck. Importantly, the waste heat auxiliary tank system includes at least one automatically activated multiport thermostatically controlled diverter valve. The diverter valve includes an inlet port for receiving coolant from the engine, a first outlet port for diverting coolant directly back to the engine, and a second outlet port for diverting coolant to the coolant inlet of said heat exchanger.

Abstract: A self-adherent, stretchable, resilient pressure wrapping tape and method of application for compressingly protecting a wire splice or the like, the tape having a gauge incorporated therein for indicating the amount of stretch of the tape. The tape is stretchingly wrapped around the wire splice and has a tensile strength and resilient memory to compressingly engage the wire splice. It is necessary to stretch the tape a certain amount to apply the correct amount of compression; therefore, a gauge is included which indicates the amount of stretch of the tape. The gauge includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced impressions printed on the tape which have a certain visual appearance with the tape unstretched, and another visual appearance when the tape is stretched to the correct amount for the desired compression.