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I'm going to build a rack and am wondering what you guys and gals think of that heat cable stuff. You know, the 20' or so skiny red cable. Can I just fix that to the back wall of the rack or should I go with somthing else. I don't really like the idea of sticking flexwatt to plywood so...
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1.1 Balls (1.0 het clown 0.1 normal)
1.1 Kittys and
0.1 WC Human
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hi
i work with the cabels,but i saw a snip 1/3 at the back of the bottom of my shelfs and put the cabel write in there

FULL BLAST works fine for me

goodluck

toine plompen
holland

I run heat cable underneath the substrate in my big tank to help keep the temps right. Its not red it's grey - the kind you get at big apple - it doesn't appear to get hot enough to cause any kind of damage to the substrate or animals - even at full blast its warm not hot - but it sure does do a good job at heating up an otherwise impossible tank!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

I have used flexwatt taped to wood, with foil tape, for over a year with out a problem. It works great. I also use a thermostat with it and keep it around 102 degrees. This gives 95-100 surface temp in the cage above the tape.

I was worried sliding the tub would wear the tape, but nothing yet.

Cheers,
Al