I have a one foot section of eleven inch flexwatt and I cannot get it past seventy five degrees.
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Help I cannot get enough heat from my flexwatt heat tape!
soupergecko
Mar 08, 2004 07:35 PM
Replies (3)
sstorkel
Mar 08, 2004 07:50 PM
>>I have a one foot section of eleven inch flexwatt and I cannot get it past seventy five degrees.
How are you checking the temp? Sounds like you probably have bad connections between the wiring and the heat tape...
soupergecko
Mar 09, 2004 01:03 PM
I am checking the temp with a regular fish tank therm. placed on the side of the cage, and I can touch the flexwatt tape with my hand and it doesnt' get very warm. And I don't think it is my wiring, I have change wires and connections and double checked the wiring. thanks for responce.
markg
Mar 09, 2004 01:31 PM
Plug the Flexwatt directly into the wall outlet and see if it gets warm. If yes, then your thermostat usage is incorrect or else the thermostat is bad.
If the Flexwatt doesn't get warm, then it is likely that the metal clips are not making good contact with the metal foil conductor in the Flexwatt. This is common when the connectors are not put on correctly. Use pliers but have flat metal pieces (like those metal binding plates you can get at any hardware store, like 1/2" wide by 2" long or so) over the Flexwatt connector so that you apply even pressure over the entire connector.
