Wood is "kind of" a good isnsulator, bit not really. It absorbs heat. You need something that will REPEL the heat. And for this, you have to either use styrofoam slabs (cheapest method) or aluminum-coated insulation. Any lumber yard has it. Its not terribly expensive. But this stuff doesn't let the heat through, and more importantly, doesn't heat up itself. Therefore, the heat stays trapped at the back of the rack like a hot-damn!! Its awesome! And my racks are only made out of 1/2-inch plywood! So there's NO R-value there at all. Its ALL about the insulation slabs!



Best of luck. Keep us updated.

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• What to do? 11" Heat Tape Not enough - photoa6155, Wed Feb 25 20:13:44 2004
• RE: What to do? 11" Heat Tape Not enough - jeff favelle, Wed Feb 25 21:00:28 2004
• RE: What to do? 11" Heat Tape Not enough - chrisssanjose, Wed Feb 25 22:01:25 2004
• RE: What to do? 11" Heat Tape Not enough - btaylor, Wed Feb 25 23:10:27 2004
• What is the back made of? more... - cranwill, Wed Feb 25 23:50:03 2004
• Exactly..... - jeff favelle, Thu Feb 26 00:21:44 2004
• RE: Thanks Jeff - more.... - btaylor, Thu Feb 26 20:45:39 2004
• No probs bro..... - jeff favelle, Fri Feb 27 01:33:06 2004
• RE: Thks again...Try it and let you know...n/p - btaylor, Fri Feb 27 03:52:42 2004
• RE: What to do? 11" Heat Tape Not enough - jfmoore, Thu Feb 26 03:13:12 2004
• This will fix it. - Markus Jayne, Thu Feb 26 06:53:03 2004
• RE: This will fix it. - photoa6155, Thu Feb 26 08:12:34 2004
• Try this first - JM, Thu Feb 26 09:44:57 2004
• It sounds like... - Markus Jayne, Thu Feb 26 13:58:33 2004
• Splice the wires - Atistaldi, Thu Feb 26 23:54:58 2004