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is it okay to put a heating pad on ply wood? im building a stand to hold 6 10gallon tanks that will house leopard geckos and will placing the tanks directly on the plywood with a heating pad. also is there any risk of the heating pad getting the wood so hot that willl cause a fire. if so what kind of materal can i put between the wood and the pad.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
1.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Peanut, Almond, Iggy)
1.1.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Freddy, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)

why not use flexwatt or heat cable in the plywood. You could router it in and put pvc over it.
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko
0.0.1 California King Snake
0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders
0.0.3 Painted Turtles
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure
0.1.0 Australian Shepheard
2.1.0 Crazy Cats
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit
0.1.0 Ferret
0.2.0 Guinea Pigs
0.0.1 White Tree Frog
0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad
0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt
0.0.2 Bull Frogs
0.0.1 Rainbow Ameive
Lots Of Fish

The ignition point of plywood is typically alot higher than the temperature of any herp-related heat pad. However, I would still consider a low-watt density heater like Cobra heat pads or Flexwatt or Ultratherm heat pads vs ZooMed.
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Mark