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at Sun Dec 30 00:21:17 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by OKReptileRescue ]
I've been talking about a wierd smell in the house for 2 days now. It smelled similar to the house heater when it first comes on in the winter- burnt like. Well we have dogs so i've just been thinking some hair got up on the heater and thats what i smell...
My husband couldn't smell anything. I had 2 friends over last nite- nothing. I had my dad and his g/f over today- couldn't smell anything either- so all these people think i'm nuts.
I go around this evening to start cleaning tubs on my brand new rack... what do i find?
The flexwatt has a hole in it- burned hole- about 7 inches across an 11' strip.
Has melted one tub and severely burned one snake, and another appears to be... almost high from the fumes.
I have/had the flexwatt hooked up to a thermostat and the other seperate strip (there are 2) is operating fine. The rest of the flexwatt that is burned is operating fine (it was- now its in the trash).
The thermostat is operating properly- all of these temps have been verified by temp gun and the digital coralife prop thermomaters.
I had the rack set up for a few days to get the temps right before putting the animals inside- they've been inside for 3 days...
about the time i started smelling something.
Now, I"m thinking I pushed the tubs back too far, against the flexwatt... and it just melted... but why didn't the thermostat kick off...
I'm lost and REALLY freaked out, now i have piles of 10 gallon aquariums all over my dining room until "further notice"...
I have used flexwatt for years- just never in a rack... and i've never had a problem like this- which makes me think I did something...
anyone else had a problem like this- can someone advise me without chewing on me?
Thank you!
beth
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 Flexwatt Went Crazy- burned a hole - OKReptileRescue, Sun Dec 30 00:21:17 2007
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