Question about thermostats/heat tape

I ordered heat tape a while ago and got individual sections cut and wired for each snake I had, because at that point I was expected individual enclosures. Since I've decided to do a rack system for most of them, I don't want to have to purchase individual thermostats for each piece. I had a thought though. Would I be able to plug the separate pieces into a power strip, and then plug the power strip into the thermostat? I imagine that so long as I stay within the wattage limit of the t-stat and monitor the temps carefully I should be ok but I wanted to know if anyone had tried it before.

If they are the same size and wattage, yes.

If they are variable sizes and lengths or wattages, no.

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Originally Posted by CptJack

If they are the same size and wattage, yes.

If they are variable sizes and lengths or wattages, no.

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They're all 16" sections of 6" tape with 12 watts a foot. I did the math and it doesn't come close to the max current for the thermostat. *phew*

Yup. As long as all the pieces are identical, you can plug them into a power strip.

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