I have recently decided to begin keeping snakes again. To safe space, I decided to use breeder racks. The rack uses (6) 32qt tubs sideways in the racks. The heating is done by a single 4" wide Flexwatt tape that begins with the bottom rack and snakes up to the top rack (under belly). As the length of the tape increases it seems that the heat generated is less (the lower racks are warmer then the top rack). The probe is currently on the third rack from the top. Would it be feasible to cut the Flexwatt so each shelf has its own individual heat source?
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Uneven heating in breeder rack
JKramer
Dec 14, 2012 07:28 PM
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markg
Dec 19, 2012 12:43 PM
Of course you can.
IMO, the piece of Flexwatt in your rack is not long enough to experience that much drop just do to length alone. More than likely, a part of your heater is contacting more surface that is conducting the heat away, or you have a damaged area that increased resistance.
Back to cutting flexwatt -
A good way is to use a single piece for every two shelves, just to save on connectors and such.
