Quote Originally Posted by mpkeelee View Post
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.