ZooMed UTH on tubs

[Shirkan]

So I just got a Zoo Med UTH and I'm wondering what I should put in between it and the tub?. I hear it doesn't stick well plus I don't want to melt the tub....
Any ideas?

[L.West]

I first tried to simply tape the heat mat to the tub but it wouldn't hold tight enough against the tub to allow for proper heat penetration so I peeled back the sticky paper stuff and stuck it directly to the tub and then taped the edges down with aluminum tape - it worked fine then.

[Shirkan]

But it doesn't melt the tub???

[L.West]

No, it wont melt the tub just as long as you have it regulated by a thermostat.

[Shirkan]

awesome thanks alot!

[OhhWatALoser]

it won't melt the tub unregulated, but unregulated will harm your animal.

[PitOnTheProwl]

I take the paper off, then stick aluminum tape to them so I can move them around if needed

[mpkeelee]

why do people always ask if it will melt the tub?? its pretty obvious that it will take some pretty extreme heat to melt a tub, and that kind of heat is too high to obviously expose your animal too.

[Vypyrz]

I take the paper off, then stick aluminum tape to them so I can move them around if needed

I don't even take the sticky paper off of mine.

[OhhWatALoser]

why do people always ask if it will melt the tub?? its pretty obvious that it will take some pretty extreme heat to melt a tub, and that kind of heat is too high to obviously expose your animal too.

because lightbulbs melt plastic and people just associate reptile heating with melting plastic. lightbulbs can get 400+ degrees while heat tape only gets about 140-150 unregulated.