New To Flexwatt

[yeti2k3]

I got my new order today and im curious how to ventilate it? My tub is going to be sitting on a wooden shelf. Should I sit the tub directly on the flexwatt or should i put like 1/4in shims under it to lift it up off the tape some.

Thanks

[snakesRkewl]

The tub sits directly on the flexwatt.

I'm assuming you have the flexwatt plugged into a thermostat

[yeti2k3]

Correct. There is a thermostat haha. Sounds good

[snakesRkewl]

My larger snakes sit in 34/40qt tubs directly on flexwatt on a 5 shelf melamine bookshelf.
I've used tubs like this for over two years and no issues.

i actually prefer tubs on shelves for breeding purposes, I can see whats going on from 5 feet away and don't have to disturb them while they do their thing.

[yeti2k3]

Glad to hear i was going to do it right. Whats this i hear about venitlating it though? OR is that for when people put it inside wooden cages and such?

[snakesRkewl]

Under tubs they get plenty of ventilation.

And as long as a thermostat is working correctly to keep it at appropriate temperatures there is no issues with flexwatt as far as I know.

[OhhWatALoser]

no reason to vent it, I could see it needed it when its unregulated tho, but then its getting over 140 degrees, get too hot it might melt the plastic its laminated with. but your flexwatt should never get anywhere near that hot.

[SlitherinSisters]

Do the shims. I put the tubs directly on the flexwatt and after a year the feet on the tubs wore down the flexwatt enough for it to shock me when I touched it.

I have a whole write up on how to wire flexwatt, but you can see pictures of my set up and the shims. http://www.slitherinsisters.com/how-...e-flexwatt.php

As for the ventilation as long as your tubs has some sort of feet there will be some airflow.

[cschneider]

Do the shims. I put the tubs directly on the flexwatt and after a year the feet on the tubs wore down the flexwatt enough for it to shock me when I touched it.

I have a whole write up on how to wire flexwatt, but you can see pictures of my set up and the shims. http://www.slitherinsisters.com/how-...e-flexwatt.php

As for the ventilation as long as your tubs has some sort of feet there will be some airflow.

I love the shims! I just built a rack and may just have to modify it to incorporate your idea! Thanks for the tip!

[Hilltop]

I have a whole write up on how to wire flexwatt, but you can see pictures of my set up and the shims. http://www.slitherinsisters.com/how-...e-flexwatt.php



I read this page on flex watt does it really get 140 F? I just got a 15ft chunk of 3in to set up a tub system, plugged it into 110 and bam, it 110 at 110, well between 108 and 110, I do have a thermostat in line now that it is in use, but in my experiments to see what i was dealing with i could not make that 15ft strip get over 110. so i guess my question is does the length you cut it to determine the temp at a set voltage??