For those of you who use tubs....

I am putting together a tub enclosure for a new addition and got to wondering about the UTH. Do you put the UTH directly on the tub? It won't get so hot that it'll melt the plastic so long as it's on a proper t-stat, right?

And I read over Vvpyrz's sticky about this and he described building a "mounting board" for the UTH. In other words, you can mount the UTH on the board and lay the tub on top of that. Well, I thought the UTH had to breathe underneath. I'd like to use a mounting board because cleaning will be easier, but is it safe to sandwich the UTH between the board and the tub like that?

Many thanks!

I have my quarantined pastel male set up the way Vyprz suggested like this and I do not have any issues with the UTH at all.

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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr

I have my quarantined pastel male set up the way Vyprz suggested like this and I do not have any issues with the UTH at all.

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So it's actually sandwiched between the board and the tub?

Yes. I have it set up this way and it works out just fine.

Don't have to worry about plastic melting from an UTH, it is pretty heat resistant (think microwave). :)

Good luck!

I have mine sandwiched between the board and the tub and have never had an issue. It has worked great for me.....:gj:

I use the plastic window shims to keep my tubs off the flexwatt. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...light=flexwatt

good question im going towards the same setup

Mine are wrapped in foil and placed directly under my tubs. They're perfectly fine.

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Originally Posted by Jessica Loesch

Don't have to worry about plastic melting from an UTH, it is pretty heat resistant (think microwave). :)

Good luck!

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D'oh! I never thought about that! :rolleye2:

Thanks a bunch everyone! This puts my mind at ease... ;)

My pads are directly on the tub, and they barely even warp the tub. I use Zoo Med, and they get HOT, so just get a tub that is known for being pretty tough like sterillite.

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Originally Posted by Evenstar

D'oh! I never thought about that! :rolleye2:

Thanks a bunch everyone! This puts my mind at ease... ;)

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Lol I forgot to mention that, glad someone else said something. You don't have to worry about them melting unless something goes very wrong with the wiring, but you do have to worry about the tub wearing on the plastic covering the flexwatt. I had my tubs rubbing on the flexwatt and one day I put my hand on the flexwatt to see if it was warm and I got a nice shock!

Thanks Stephanie! That's another reason I wanted to use a "mounting board" for the tub. At the moment, I'm not going to be using a rack - just an individual tub. So I figured that if I used a mounting board for the UTH, I wouldn't be rubbing the tub across it.

And I'm planning on using a Sterillite tub and an Ultratherm UTH from RBI which doesn't get as hot as a ZooMed and seems to hold up a bit better than flexwatt. :gj: