Heat Tape Wiring Q

Currently all my racks are each wired with one run, so they are all on with parts of the rack unoccupied. I am looking to wire them in sections so that I can cut power to a few levels at a time when needed. How do most people do this? Do each set of rows get their own power cord and then have a powerstrip plugged in to the thermostat, or is there a way to daisy chain them kind of like christmas tree lights?

If you wanna be able to only power the occupied levels then dont daisy chain them together. Just give each level, or every 2 levels its own powercord. That way the ones that are not occupied just dont get plugged in.

that is what I thought. Is it okay to have the ones in use plugged into a surge protector/power strip? Just wondering if they work fine being pulsed and all from the thermostat or if that is bad for a surge protector.

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i have daisy chained levels together adamfritzsche. only problem i had with it is i couldnt keep the heat high enough. not sure what the problem was but it normally ran 5 to 7 degreees below where i wanted it