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Invictus
at Mon Oct 25 14:55:45 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Invictus ]
Good day.
A lot of us Canadians have been hearing for a long time that heat tape is banned. This is simply NOT true. What was banned by Flexwatt corp. in Canada was their Radiant Ceiling Heating Panels (RCHPs), which were burning houses to the ground.
I emailed Calorique and asked if heat tape was UL listed, and it most certainly is. Here's the reply:
"The reptile heat tape products are covered by our UL Component Listing File #E108850. The model numbers are IND-103 for the 3", IND-104 for the 4" and IND-101 for the 11".
Now, heat tape is not CSA approved, but that doesn't make it "banned" or "illegal". Using the RHCPs is most certainly illegal and against building code in Canada. Heat tape is both perfectly legal, AND UL listed.
Just thought I'd clear this up, since there are a lot of Canadians (and Americans) hesitant to use it simply because of this myth.
- Ken LePage
http://www.invictusexotics.com
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