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Can I cover my heat tape connections with silicone? I'm not feeling to confident with just tape even when I use alot and know it's taped up pretty good. Does anybody else do anything besides electrical tape?

I use plasti-dip on all my connections on flexwatt. It forms a solid rubber bond over the connections making them both waterproof and shock proof as it insulates the wiring.
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this is a product you can get in the electrical section of your home depot or wherever. it's got a little brush on the end, and is guaranteed 100% non conductive, unlike plastidip (which may have a couple conductive elements in it.) and you can apply it with a brush (similar to pvc cement)
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unlike plastidip (which may have a couple conductive elements in it.)

only thing that could possibly be conductive in it would be any metalic particles ( which i highly doubt would be the case)
I have used the plasti dip for two years now. When i first tried it i gave it the ultimate blow a fuse test lol .
after sealing the open end of a sheet of flexwatt and then sealing the connection ends . i submerged it into a tub of water and was able to heat the entire 28qt tub of water to a toasty coffee temp lol so i will say while anythings possible it would be hard for any metal particles to conduct electricity in a rubberized compound.
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oh yes it would be hard trust me.. this stuff is sold in the paint dept and i worked there over the summer... this guy brought in a pair of pliers that he dipped in some he bought there and he was trying to get the store to pay for his medical bill because there was a huge metal sliver in the pair of pliers. Personally i think that was something he did, wasn't something from the plastidip... but i've called the company and they said that they don't do an extreme filtration of it or anything so there is a small chance of metal shavings in there.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
N. American Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote
Information on substrates

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
0.1 Texas Bairdi (Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)
1.0 Green Tree Python (Monty)

Well being its not a 'perfect world" lol anything is possible . And i would be willing to bet the guy who brought in the pliers that had the metal sliver and wanted a medical bill paid for well you know what that was . Im sure as i have done MANY tool dips in the years of electrical work (11 years ) and a sliverthat would cut or be big enuff to hurt you would be seen ASAP the stuff is thick and gooey but it also runs out VERY thin it isnt like tar lol . And i no longer use the can stuff i use the spray on so i would be willing to bet nothing comes through that itty bitty nozzles head lol
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thye have plastic connectors that you snap over your metal ones. you can fill them with silicone before you snap them on and make a water-proof connection.
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Shrink tube works great for me. Even in a moisture laden marine enviornment.
Makes the job look neater too