Wiring Heat Tape

I am planning on putting a snake rack together to house 6 41qt tubs. I want to put a 1 foot heat tape under one end of the tub. This means I will have 6 1 foot sections of heat tape with six cord and plugs. I would like to consolidate the six cords and plugs into one cord and plug. Is this possible without being a fire hazard? Is there any better way?

All you need to do is daisy chain them together. Wire a single plug to one strip of heat tape, then take a set of wires without a plug and wire the other side of the heat tape to the next piece of heat tape. Repeat this process until all of the heat tape is wired in a single strip.

The other option is to just use a single strip of flexwatt and snake it through the rack.

Here are a couple of links that helped me out a lot:

Clay Davenport

http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/flexwire.shtml


Our very own Slitherin' Sisters

http://www.slitherinsisters.com/how-...e-flexwatt.php

Deja Vu ! I just built one....except mine is 7 shelves, but we'll call it the same :) I wired mine in series using 9" per shelf. My thought was that 9" is about 30% of the actual inside length of a 41Q Sterilite tub. I used the new Heat Tape from Reptile Basics because you can cut it @ any length (between heat elements). My only beef was that the heat is not exactly the same @ each position, but they were close enough. Mine has been in action for 10 days and my snakes are loving it:banana:

Best wishes and as always...remember your thermostat and plan on the open spacing for your wires. GOOD luck.