not getting hot enought?.............

Well if it was belly heat I'd be able to help. I have a melamine rack that uses heat cable for belly heat. Having it turned up all the way I was only getting 80 degrees on the hot side. I drilled holes in the front of the tub and that was all the help I needed. When I pulled the rack apart to check things I taped the outdoor sensor on my thermostat right on top of the spot that is over the heat cable. since adding the holes the tubs now get to the proper temps. I've never dealt with back heat though. Hope you figure things out.

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

In reading through this I would be careful. Just moving the probe off the flex and into the tube will NOT fix the fact that your flex watt is being run at a very high temp (110 is way too high). Yes the Helix is lower but if you use your heat gun on the flex watt my guess is it is still at 110+. you don't want the flex much higher than 95 all time (per the manufacturer). Be careful that you aren't giving yourself a false sense of security that you have fixed the problem.

What is the temp in the room where the rack is at? (as someone else pointed out) back heat is not very effecient so you lose a lot of heat to the air. If the room is too cool

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i set the helix back 90...........thanks for your input