Ok , sorry to hijack, but here is what I'm planning.

8 strips of 2 foot long 3" flexwatts. Thats 12 watts each shelf x 8 which is 96 W ... plus I have a couple more strips plugged in so add another 24 W .. My thermostat is a 1000W rating.


Also, when melting the plastic off the flexwatt ... on the strips .... and then soldering the wire to it .... When I did that last time I have had flawless connection but I feel like I made it more work than it should have been. The solder kept rolling off the connection until finally I was able to make it stick to the wire and then hold it in place long enough for it to "catch" onto the strip. I also melted a little bit too much here and there it seemed like, but I covered all my connections really well and have had not a single issue.

Does anyone have a helpful bit of advice for soldering heat tape a little easier than this? Or should I just go ahead and get a bunch of connectors.