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Re: How to Solder Flexwatt
Well I have a rack half complete, so I decided to stick down a sheet of flexwatt, put a tub on top, and placed another shelf on top of it. I plugged the heat tape into the thermostat, set it for 100, and it's STILL climbing, after 10 minutes it's only at 93. I remember in your video you said that an advantage to soldering is that it heats up much quicker, does this slowed heat-up time possibly have anything to do with my connections?? Thanks again for your help guys!
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Re: How to Solder Flexwatt
Originally Posted by gardenfiend138
Well I have a rack half complete, so I decided to stick down a sheet of flexwatt, put a tub on top, and placed another shelf on top of it. I plugged the heat tape into the thermostat, set it for 100, and it's STILL climbing, after 10 minutes it's only at 93. I remember in your video you said that an advantage to soldering is that it heats up much quicker, does this slowed heat-up time possibly have anything to do with my connections?? Thanks again for your help guys!
Its possible, How are you measuring the Heat tape and temps inside tub.
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Re: How to Solder Flexwatt
Heat tape has the thermostat probe (ve-200) taped to it, which is giving me the reading of the heat tape temperature, and a temp gun (zoo med) to measure all surface temps (I have checked it against a friend's PE-2, and it is accurate to that within a degree).
Are electrical connections an "all or nothing" deal (i.e.- electricity flows, or it doesn't), or can the amount of electricity they carry be affected by poor connections?? I swear I tugged hard and they stuck!
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When i first wire up racks I only check temps once every hour as takes time for it to fully heat the tubs bottoms
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Re: How to Solder Flexwatt
Ahh okay, well thank you for your help! I ended up buying a smaller diameter solder so I can be more precise, and wrap the wires to prime them first. I figure I'll just re-do them just for the piece of mind. Thanks again!
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