Flexwatt positioning in rack

[philippe]

Hey guys,

I am planning on building myself a rack tomorrow, and had one simple question about the flexwatt.

I plan on placing belly heat and running a single piece of flexwatt from the bottom shelf to the top shelf.

My question is when building the rack how do i leave space for the flexwatt to run between the end of the shelves and the side board. I know its kinda hard to visualize, but i am not using individual strips of flexwatt for each shelf but a long strip that will run across the bottom shelf then up to the second shelf across that shelf then up to the third and so on in a zigzag pattern if u want.

Even though I will place the flexwatt as i am building the rack, How do i leave the space if the boards need to be screwed together?

Thanks
Philippe

[joepythons]

Hey guys,

I am planning on building myself a rack tomorrow, and had one simple question about the flexwatt.

I plan on placing belly heat and running a single piece of flexwatt from the bottom shelf to the top shelf.

My question is when building the rack how do i leave space for the flexwatt to run between the end of the shelves and the side board. I know its kinda hard to visualize, but i am not using individual strips of flexwatt for each shelf but a long strip that will run across the bottom shelf then up to the second shelf across that shelf then up to the third and so on in a zigzag pattern if u want.

Even though I will place the flexwatt as i am building the rack, How do i leave the space if the boards need to be screwed together?

Thanks
Philippe

You will be wasting money on all the extra flexwatt needed to do this.

[iCandiBallPythons]

use a jig saw and cut a notch wide enough for the tape to run through.

[Kaorte]

You might as well cut the tape and wire it all in parallel. Notching each shelf would be a bit of a pain XD

[BuckeyeBalls]

You will be wasting money on all the extra flexwatt needed to do this.

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[iCandiBallPythons]

You might as well cut the tape and wire it all in parallel. Notching each shelf would be a bit of a pain XD

It's really not that hard and takes no time at all, you notch the shelves b4 you screw the the rack together.

[MitsuMike]

I am doing the same thing. But I left space for the flexwatt to go from one shelf to the next. Instead of putting the side of the rack up directly to the shelves I have 2x4's in between the shelve and side to give a me a gap and added support.
Example: (no flexwatt yet going on tom)
Yes it's REALLY dirty been sitting in the school shop for a few days. Also back and sides aren't on in this pic but just a reference of what I am talking about.

[MitsuMike]

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I wouldn't call it a waste. It helps the ambient temps get the proper degrees if the room is cooler. I have have had a bad experience with individual flexwatt strips on my Ranco and think a continous strip is the best choice. I got mine 15 feet long for like 50 bucks. Also the ranco surge protector only has 6 slots and I need 7. And don't want to ghetto rig it to have 2 go into one but not my style.

[BuckeyeBalls]

I wouldn't call it a waste. It helps the ambient temps get the proper degrees if the room is cooler. I have have had a bad experience with individual flexwatt strips on my Ranco and think a continous strip is the best choice. I got mine 15 feet long for like 50 bucks. Also the ranco surge protector only has 6 slots and I need 7. And don't want to ghetto rig it to have 2 go into one but not my style.

You dont need to have each one hooked up to a plug you just wire it in parallel.

[MitsuMike]

You dont need to have each one hooked up to a plug you just wire it in parallel.

Not a fan of wire splicing. I don't mess with wiring to much.