John, from what I understand with the heat tape is, if you put the probe on the tape itself you won't have to worry about the tape over heating in most cases. Especially if you get a real drop in ambient room temp. It will also depends on the thermostat too.



I switched from belly to back heat this year and I love it. I get a better temperature gradient, the ease of drawers going in and out, and there was no need to groove all the shelves it was just an all around easier build and design. Just a note though, I keep my ambient room temp at 73 at night and 75 during the day, the back of my racks sit at 87 during the night and 90-92 during the day. Also for each drawer down I drop a half to a full degree. So my bottom racks run 84 at night and 88 during the day. It was supposed to work good for the males during breeding season. Males closer to the floor and females where it's warmer. I have some tweaking to do since I have some montane snakes in the same racks as some warmer Lampropeltis. Just my opinion and experiences.
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Jimmy Tintle

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