[TowerTalk] Preventing tic ring motor from freezing

[Howard Klein]

I need some ideas for preventing my Tic Ring motor from freezing. For the past three years every time the temperature falls below freezing my Tic Ring stops working. Other times it works perfectly. Maybe I got the tropical version :-). I don't believe it is associated with water entering. It is sealed and this occurs even when the WX has been dry for days. Carl says there is no grease inside. In any case I was thinking of some type of heating strip used for gutters or similiar. This poses the problem of thermostat and supply voltage problems. 
It has become a fairly accurate way of knowing the temperature...32 F  stops working, 33 F works FB. Any ideas?
Howard..K2HK
 
 
 
HK