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RE: Temp and Humidity help

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Posted by: markg at Wed Nov 3 15:15:47 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

What is the heat tape resting on? That could be taking away some of the energy.

To test, plug the Flexwatt directly into the wall outlet - no controller in the middle - and measure temps after a few minutes to compare. If it still is below your setpoint, then your Flexwatt cannot deliver any more energy than it already is. You can set the controller setpoint to 1 million degrees - won't matter.

Often times shelves will suck the heat away. Depends on alot of factors, material of the shelf and ambient air temps perhaps the biggest factors. Watt-density of the Flexwatt is a huge factor too. Some 4-inch Flexwatt is only 5 watts/ft vs other which is 8 watts/ft.
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Mark

   

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  • Temp and Humidity help - jeff6898, Tue Nov 2 14:34:52 2010
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