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  • 06-22-2015, 10:35 AM
    alexpeacock200
    How many amps in my snake rack? (please help!)
    Ok, so I have a five drawer rhinoraxx ball python rack, and I can't seem to figure out how many amps it uses. Any advice?
  • 06-22-2015, 11:03 AM
    Tsanford
    Re: How many amps in my snake rack? (please help!)
    Without calling them and asking or researching their site, I would look on the bottom of your t-stat. Or if it's for the purpose of purchasing the right one, you could estimate the length of heat tape used and the width and figure out the wattage.

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  • 06-22-2015, 08:45 PM
    alexpeacock200
    It's four inch wide flex watt tape. There's about 10 feet of it in the rack. How do I find out how many amps it uses?
  • 06-23-2015, 10:39 AM
    jclaiborne
    you need to know the wattage of the tape, once you have that you can calculate the current being drawn. It will be very low. http://www.rapidtables.com/convert/e...att_to_Amp.htm
  • 06-24-2015, 10:51 AM
    Tsanford
    Re: How many amps in my snake rack? (please help!)
    I looked around for you. Flexwatt is 8 watts per foot (wpf), thg is 6wpf and some no named brand stuff is 5wpf.

    I'd calculate off the highest I found at 8wpf x 10 ft, your looking at about 80 watts.

    80 watts / 110 VAC = 0.72 Amps

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