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Hi i was wondering what i could use to heat melamine, im making this cage for my leopard geckos. would it be better to use a heat pad instead of the heat tape? how would i control the heat tape too and the heat wont like cause the melamine to catch on fire or something rihgt?(i know it sounds stupied but im just taking the precautions) thanks

If you want to go along the line of heat tape or heat mat you would have to cut a hole in bottom of cage and cut a piece of pvc board to the size or the cage bottom put it in bottom of cage and stick the heat tape or heat mat to the pvc where the hole is.... or you can go over head heat especially easy with leopard geckos cause they wont be able to touch it.... you can either use bulbs or you got money radiant heat panels but they are pretty expensive... hope you can understand my rambling... I looked into alot of ideas because i am building a large 8x8x2 foot cage unit with about 10 different size cages mainly for lizards so i went with over head heat and electrical is almost done.
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so the heat tape or heat pad wouldnt go through the melamine? id have to put it on the pvc section of the cage?

>>so the heat tape or heat pad wouldnt go through the melamine? id have to put it on the pvc section of the cage?

Not really I have some cages that have heat tape sandwitched between a PVCX panel and melamine sheeting. The inside geta around 98°, and the outside is warm. The tape I assume is about 115° or so maybe less.

The melamine coating is resistant to heat up to a point somewhere well above 150° the particle board core can withstand around 500° before it self combusts. So you have some room for error.

Its just not efficiant to heat it that way.

Use a Bulb or CHE, far far easier.......
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