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Has anyone ever used Easy Heat heating cable as a heat source??
I need to know what to expect for a Max. temp. Thanks in advance for your response.

Thanks for your time,

Scott

The temps will differ depending on your room temps but the max heat is around 120 degrees. You will have to use a thermostat with it...
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That's kinda what I thought. I planned on using a BAH-1000 thermostat with it.

I got my 6' length in the mail from MOR Electric the other day. I went to Home Depot, got a plug end to put on it, installed it, then decided to plug it in to test it. I put a temp gun on it to see what the max temp would be in the event that the thermostat were to fail. Without being limited by a T.Stat, I'm getting surface temps of around 80 degrees.

The cable is installed in a routered groove on the underside (so the heat is being transmitted through the CDPVC) of an Animal Plastics cage. The CDPVC is 1/2 in. thick, but the groove is routered about 1/2 way through that thickness, so it only has to transfer through about 1/4 in. of material. The surface temps are only 80-81 degrees and the actual temp of the cable is only a degree or two higher.(I'm using a PE-1 temp gun for the readings)

I bought the constant wattage heat cable, not the self limiting with the built in T.Stat.

Thanks for your time,

Scott