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how thick is heat tape?

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  • 01-15-2012, 03:36 AM
    cmack91
    how thick is heat tape?
    im building a rack, and i want to put it together but i dont have the heat tape. i was gonna use cd's as spacers, but was wondering if i need to worry about the thickness of heat tape. i bought the 4'' from rbi, but is it thick? like construction paper thick, or cd thick or what?
  • 01-15-2012, 03:53 AM
    The Serpent Merchant
    My 11" flexwatt is 0.0125 inches thick. I used a Vernier Micrometer to measure it, that is accurate to 0.0001 of an inch.
  • 01-15-2012, 03:55 AM
    The Serpent Merchant
    For comparison a piece of white printer paper is 0.004 inches thick
  • 01-15-2012, 03:57 AM
    The Serpent Merchant
    and a DVD is 0.045 inches thick
  • 01-15-2012, 04:32 AM
    cmack91
    Re: how thick is heat tape?
    so i dont need to worry about it, thanks serpent merchant:)
  • 01-15-2012, 04:33 AM
    The Serpent Merchant
    no problem
  • 01-15-2012, 10:45 AM
    kitedemon
    Dont forget the probe... It either needs a channel under of fit over which is quite large.
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