helix and flexwatt??

[krackerJack]

When I build a rack im going to use flexwatt with a helix dbs1000 to heat the rack. What I wanted to know is do I have to use one piece of flexwatt for the whole rack or can the helix have multiple pieces of flexwatt hookup to the one helix?The rack is going to house 4-6 adults (i havent made up my mind)and later i will build a juvinile rack.

[Jake_la_serpiente]

You can hook up several flexwatt strips to a common power strip and then connect the power strip to the helix. I would not recommend "daisy-chaining" more than one or two strips to the helix though.

[aaajohnson]

I believe you can wire flexwatt in parallel. In electrical aspests this is no different than plugging all the pieces in using their own cord. The disadvantage is they are either all on, or all off. Here is a link to a pdf ...
http://www.beanfarm.com/heating/Flexwatt_parallel.pdf

Neil

[justcage]

Flexwatt can be used in pretty much any confriguration you need.. If you need all the same temps and it sounds like you do then the parallel setup would work well for you..

[krackerJack]

so 3 strips of flexwatt to a power cord to a helix would be ok

[justcage]

Sure, they will "handle" 500 watts.. What size element and length of each are you using?

[slipknot666]

does anyone have pids of flexwatt on there cage thing cause when i googled it it should this tape stuff is that what it's supposed to look like

[krackerJack]

Sure, they will "handle" 500 watts.. What size element and length of each are you using?

I dont have any yet im making plans for a rack.im going to have 3 shelfs around 36" long each

[krackerJack]

does anyone have pids of flexwatt on there cage thing cause when i googled it it should this tape stuff is that what it's supposed to look like

here is a good pic and info on flexwatt
http://www.mgreptiles.com/flexwatt.html

[MARCUS ANTONIUS]

Sorry to hijack, but is the parallel setup a better means than one unbroken strip of flexwatt "snaked" from top to bottom or vice versa?