UTH in a wooden enclosure
how i would go about using an UTH on a wooden enclosure. Im thinking of using one and placing it under a slate tile from home depot and then placing the substrate over that. But would the bottom of the UTH burn the wood and be a fire risk? thanks alot!
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Rejekt
how i would go about using an UTH on a wooden enclosure. Im thinking of using one and placing it under a slate tile from home depot and then placing the substrate over that. But would the bottom of the UTH burn the wood and be a fire risk? thanks alot!
Should work fine. What kind of uth will you be using? If its flexwatt, just be sure that the electrical connections are very well insulated and waterproof. Also, you MUST use a thermostat, preferably a proportional thermostat like helix or herpstat. Place the thermostat probe on the uth (rather than in the enclosure). This will prevent the uth from overheating.
Steve
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i was probably gonna go with a petco brand uth lol and yeah definately gonna put it on a rheostat or w/e it is im not too familiar with flexwatt
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Keep in mind the manufacture of flexwatt recommends 1/4" air gap to help dissipate the hot air and not create hot spots.
EDIT: lol i see now that your not going to use flexwatt. still not sure if youll need an air gap or not.
Mike~
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I would steer clear of slate or anything else which is porous. It just gives bad stuff a place to start growing. I would drill four holes in the bottom of the enclosure, (and matching holes in a piece of plexiglass) so you can mount a piece of plexiglass about a quarter of an inch above the uth. If you use carrage bolts and pass them down through the plexiglass you can use nuts and washers to adjust the height of the plexiglass above the enclosure floor. Do not just sandwich a uth under a piece of slate, not safe at all.
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Jenn
I would steer clear of slate or anything else which is porous. It just gives bad stuff a place to start growing. I would drill four holes in the bottom of the enclosure, (and matching holes in a piece of plexiglass) so you can mount a piece of plexiglass about a quarter of an inch above the uth. If you use carrage bolts and pass them down through the plexiglass you can use nuts and washers to adjust the height of the plexiglass above the enclosure floor. Do not just sandwich a uth under a piece of slate, not safe at all.
thats a great idea thank you for the input!
and thank everyone else aswell!
i just texted my dad to pick me up some plexi glass from his job. cant wait to put it together :)
