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RE: kane heat mats in the substrate?

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Posted by: jburokas at Mon Dec 3 17:34:13 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jburokas ]  
   

Don't bury them. You need an air gap of some sort around these mats. They'll overheat due to no way to disperse heat and are dangerous buried down into something, same as a waterbed heating pad buried in dirt.

   

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