rack meltdown! please read

[nixer]

backup tstat or not please check those probes to make sure they are where you wanted them! just this morning i had a probe come off and i was rather lucky. i lost no snakes but i did melt 2 tubs through, toasted my flexawatt and shocked myself!


just everyone take note please check them probes as tape does come off from time to time!

[Nate]

wow man sorry to hear about that. Where was your probe?

[nixer]

wow man sorry to hear about that. Where was your probe?

it was on the flexawatt under a strip that rbi uses in their racks

[Freakie_frog]

What brand of thermostat were you using and was it proportional or on/off

[Nate]

What brand of thermostat were you using and was it proportional or on/off

I don't think brand makes a difference...a probe that gets moved will turn any t-stat on 100%..u know that tho

on another note...what kind of tape were you using? I've found that electrical tape is not very adhesive and comes undone with little effort. Foil tape, on the other hand, sticks well.

[TooManyToys]

Mine aren't taped. I drilled a hole in the back and tie wrapped the cord. The probe lays against the flexwatt. Works great.

[nixer]

foil tape and you cant just tie it off on a belly heat rack.

i just want everyone to see this and keep it in mind.
i should of probally put this thread under caging

[Freakie_frog]

I don't think brand makes a difference...a probe that gets moved will turn any t-stat on 100%..u know that tho

on another note...what kind of tape were you using? I've found that electrical tape is not very adhesive and comes undone with little effort. Foil tape, on the other hand, sticks well.

True.

[Nate]

foil tape

interesting. Perhaps I should take a deeper look into my tape methods.

[JLC]

I moved it into the Caging Forum for ya. So sorry that this happened to you, but VERY glad you didn't lose any animals!!!