How many feet of ....

[jben]

Hey everyone, I need a little input here. How many feet of 4" flexwatt can i run on (1) Ranco T-stat? I'm not good at the whole watt*feet*volt measuring. Thank you

[BuckeyeBalls]

Ranco

1500 Watt Maximum Load

4" flexwatt

8 watts per foot.

1500/8= 187? LOL

Not sure if thats right but thats what it comes to when u break it down by watts?

[Danounet]

You have to see the wattage on the flexwatt, they are all not the same. The Ranco runs 1500 watt which is a lot. For a small collection, or 1 or 2 racks I dont think you have to worry about it much.

[BuckeyeBalls]

You have to see the wattage on the flexwatt, they are all not the same. The Ranco runs 1500 watt which is a lot. For a small collection, or 1 or 2 racks I dont think you have to worry about it much.

yea 4" is 8w and comes out to 187

[jben]

the 4" flexwatt i have is 8w per ft., now i'm not sure if all 4" fw runs at the same wattage.

[saber2th]

I think 4" is all 8 watt. The 3" comes in 6 and 10 watts.
Unless your Brain Barczyk, you should be good!

[BuckeyeBalls]

the 4" flexwatt i have is 8w per ft., now i'm not sure if all 4" fw runs at the same wattage.

it does

But put it this way. You can run enough for what u need.

If your running 187 feet of flexwatt on one tstat we got probs. Can u image how many racks that would be? o.O

1 failure and ur hit lol

[jben]

thanks, i will not run 187' of flexwatt but i'll run 186' just to be on the safe side...LOL i'm only joking, i will never run nowhere near half of that. but i think i'll downsize my flexwatt to the 3" 6 watt.

[BuckeyeBalls]

thanks, i will not run 187' of flexwatt but i'll run 186' just to be on the safe side...LOL i'm only joking, i will never run nowhere near half of that. but i think i'll downsize my flexwatt to the 3" 6 watt.

yea i mean say u run 25' per rack?

Thats like 7 racks :o what if a tstat went out! I bet there some some cheapos out there that would do it