flex watt

When running flex watt its always better to run 1 continous piece from top to bottom. thats why its important to route both side walls and every shelf bottom, so you can snake the flex watt through in one piece. run it from side to side. I like the 4" wide flex watt. :)

ahhh... so like an "S" weaving back and forth... okay... thanks!

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

It depends on whether you use a router to make a channel for the flex or not, and personal preference, the gap you leave also affects maintence of humidity...On the first two sets that I built, I didnt route a channel, and left a gap of 1/8", and drilled 1 row of 5/8" holes spaced 1/2" apart on the tubs, it works great, but I dont like it now because the tubs dont slide as freely as I'd like...the next racks I build will be like I've seen at Corey's and a few others, which is..route a channel for the flex, leave a 1/4" gap and NO holes in the tubs, seems to work great, and I love how easily they slide out ;)....I'd Imagine you'd need locking pins to house Boa's like that though, not sure....

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how deep would you need to make the channel for the flexwatt? my hubby wants to get started on it before the flexwatt comes.

bump... to get an answer...

If you go on the Boaphile site you can see a good pic of the flex laying in the recessed groove. My guess is about 1/16 or 1/8".

I'm not questioning Ed's suggestions but have been thinking about the continous length of flexwatt. I can definately see how one continious length would be best and most efficient.

With my home made rack I setup each level with its own strip of FW and individual power cords. Each length was measured and cut exactly for accuracy when heating w/stat. My reasoning behind this was that I more than likely will not have hundreds of racks any time soon but I do have animals of varying age/maturity. With this option I can control each level, for example if I have a breeding pair, I could plug them into a different stat and/or a timer for cooling purposes while not effecting the other animals in the rack. Or...should the rare case be that I have a completely empty level I have the option to unplug that section rather than heating that level for no reason.

I could be off, just my method of thinking. My impression with the continous strip would be if someone had many different racks and could easily move breeding pairs (for example) to another rack that is just for cooling.

okay so we are going with rich at reptile basics. 11" flex watt across the back and along one side of each tub (like an S weaving down through all the levels of tubs). we have a hard time keeping the ambient temps right in our home (as we keep our home on the cool side in the fall/winter/spring months.

robin recommended using the 11" instead of the 3" and rich agreed.

i'm picking up the helix t-stat and of course the wire/clips/insulator kit.

so they'll be shipped next week... and then my hubby can get the rack built (with a 1/8" groove for the flexwatt)... adam is going to be starting on our CITES next week and so... without too many delays we will have our 4 new babies home early next year!

ROCK ON!!!

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

Aleesha, in Canada, flexwatt is technically illegal to some extent, as it did not meet CSA safety standards, so really your only option is to order it from a herp supplier. These are the best 2 bets for flex in Canada...

www.niagarareptiles.com ...... Jon is an excellent guy to deal with and has amazing customer service, I actually wont deal with anyone else on a product that Jon carries, he's just been that good to me ;) If I order flex from Jon on Monday night, I have it wednesday morning :) he's got nice snakes too ;)

www.cornelsworld.com ....Greg West has an excellent rep, and I've heard nothing but positive things about him, he's in Alberta, whereas Jon is in Ontario, so you might save a dollar or 2 on shipping, maybe not even.....

I personally recommend Jon @ Niagara, but I've never personally dealt with Greg, so I guess I'm biased ;)

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so we are finally getting this rack built. jon @ niagara doesn't seem to sell flexwatt or t-states anymore. and rich's site is closed down while he moves it to another server...

and i want to get it this week so my hubby can make the rack next weekend.

any suggestions from anyone? and please... don't suggest matt from mgr :P

i just pm'd rich to find out when he's going to be up and running...

just my luck, i finally get my hubby motivated and the flex-watt is unavailable :( sheeeeesh

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i just pm'd rich to find out when he's going to be up and running...

just my luck, i finally get my hubby motivated and the flex-watt is unavailable :( sheeeeesh

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Unavailable? Rich is still accepting orders over the phone while he moves servers.