Hello everyone!
I was fortunate enough to trade a couple enclosures today for a used Animal Plastics CB70 7 level rack this afternoon. After deep cleaning and disinfection, I plugged it in to make sure the heat tape worked and everything seems to be in working order. However, the flexwatt is side mounted, and with the tubs in the rack, I'm having issues getting my temperatures high enough. The flexwatt does not have contact with the tubs themselves, and is just bringing up the ambient temperature. I had it on a thermostat at first, but the ambient temperature wasn't high enough so I now have it running without the thermostat on it.
I checked about a half hour ago and the temperatures are still low. Is there any solution for this other than moving the rack into a room with a higher ambient temperature within itself? Anyone dealt with this before?
Thanks!