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Leaving a gap between heat and tubs DIY rack
What are the reasons most professionally made racks leave a space between heat tape and the bottom of the tub?
Second question. What's the best way (in your opinion) of achieving this gap when building a DIY rack?
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Re: Leaving a gap between heat and tubs DIY rack
1. So the sliding of the tubs doesn’t wear on the heat tape.
2. Router
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The heat tape itself comes with instructions to leave an air gap for safety, so it doesn't overheat, short out & be a fire danger. Don't want to melt the tub either- -not all plastics are the same.
DIY, depends on the materials you're using, many ways to do that.
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In both my DIYs and purchased racks, I have the tape run up the back or on the sides.
Same with cage stacks for boas, I run the tape up the back.
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Thank you guys. I was aware that heat mats say that the tub should be in direct contact. Although I know this Is not practiced in the majority of racking systems I've encountered.
AbsolutelApril so you provide back heat as opposed to belly heat? I thought ball pythons in particular needed or at least seemed to prefer belly heat?
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Re: Leaving a gap between heat and tubs DIY rack
Originally Posted by IrishBalls
AbsolutelApril so you provide back heat as opposed to belly heat? I thought ball pythons in particular needed or at least seemed to prefer belly heat?
no belly heat for my boas or ball pythons (or colubrids or blood python) - haven't had any issues and have successfully bred boas and BPs in these set-ups, have had some of my BPs since 2011 and boas since 2000s like this.
I do keep my ambient home temps (and snake room temp when I used to heat just that room) in the low 70s.
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Re: Leaving a gap between heat and tubs DIY rack
I have two DIY racks and the reason I didn't get the gap right is because I bought cheap wood. If you buy melamine I believe that is the good stuff don't buy composite wood.
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Re: Leaving a gap between heat and tubs DIY rack
Originally Posted by JacksReptiles
If you buy melamine I believe that is the good stuff don't buy composite wood.
Melamine board is a composite wood...
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