Heat Tape Wiring Q

[adamfritzsche]

Currently all my racks are each wired with one run, so they are all on with parts of the rack unoccupied. I am looking to wire them in sections so that I can cut power to a few levels at a time when needed. How do most people do this? Do each set of rows get their own power cord and then have a powerstrip plugged in to the thermostat, or is there a way to daisy chain them kind of like christmas tree lights?

[Mike41793]

If you wanna be able to only power the occupied levels then dont daisy chain them together. Just give each level, or every 2 levels its own powercord. That way the ones that are not occupied just dont get plugged in.

[adamfritzsche]

that is what I thought. Is it okay to have the ones in use plugged into a surge protector/power strip? Just wondering if they work fine being pulsed and all from the thermostat or if that is bad for a surge protector.

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[Bill T]

i have daisy chained levels together adamfritzsche. only problem i had with it is i couldnt keep the heat high enough. not sure what the problem was but it normally ran 5 to 7 degreees below where i wanted it