Heat mat size

[sweballp]

Thinking of building a new rack. My question is: would a 7 watt heat-mat (11'' x 6 '') be enough to heat a 28 x 16 x 6 tub? My room temperature is about 70-72 f.

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[The Serpent Merchant]

if you are building a rack I would use 3 or 4 inch flexwatt regulated by a thermostat of course


http://www.reptilebasics.com/flexwatt-heat-tape

[sweballp]

Flexwatt seems awesome, not sure if its available here in Sweden though. And the rack will only contain 5 or so tubs so it isn't very big.

So do you think the heat mats will work?

[The Serpent Merchant]

probably, you can cover 1/3rd to 1/2 of the bottom of the tub with a heat mat

[sweballp]

Yes, but in this case I will cover less then 1/4. Is that enough?

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[The Serpent Merchant]

that is a little small but should be fine if the room temperature doesn't drop below 70 degrees F (21 degrees C)

[sweballp]

Ok, cool. I think I will cover the back of the rack to keep more heat in.

On a sidenote, did you write the temperature in C aswell since I'm european?

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[The Serpent Merchant]

just covering my bases lol, personally I prefer the metric system I'm hoping my retarded country will figure it out sooner or later.

[sweballp]

just covering my bases lol, personally I prefer the metric system I'm hoping my retarded country will figure it out sooner or later.

lol

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[Domepiece]

Yes, but in this case I will cover less then 1/4. Is that enough?

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1/4 is fine.