Mixing Heat tape sizes

[TJsBalls]

Good morning folks,
I recently built a 20 bin rack for our rapidly expanding snake collection. Got myself a VE300 thermostat, and some heat tape. My question is this: is it safe to run two sizes of heat tape (3" and 11") on the same thermostat? I planned to have two levels of 41qt bins, 2 levels of 26qt bins, with the option of using the larger bins up top down the road, so I've got 11" on the bottom two levels and a double row of 3" on the upper levels, with separate plugs, to keep my options open. Thanks for any advice you can give!

[The Serpent Merchant]

No it is not. Different size heat tape puts out a different amount of heat. This is never recommended and can be extremely dangerous. The 11" and the 3" need to be regulated separately.

[TJsBalls]

That is what I thought. Right now I have the 3" on the VE300, and the 11" on a rheostat with a digital thermometer, monitored regularly. I was just tossing ideas around, and thought is ask before I did something stupid thanks!

[The Serpent Merchant]

No problem.