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RE: heat panels -vs- heat tape

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Posted by: markg at Wed Oct 31 14:30:03 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

Heat panels heat from above, like the Sun. They heat objects on the cage floor or just below the panel, like the Sun.

Heat tape is like the ground after having been warmed by.. the Sun.

Proportional controllers work the best for heat panels and heat tape, meaning you get the most efficiency and tightest control. All other controllers (dimmers, ON/OFF) work for both as well.

You do not wire heat tape and heat panels into the same controller. That is like having the gas pedal of your car also controlling your neighbor's car. He won't get where he needs to go, or he'll go when he wants to stop.
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Mark


   

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