Two racks, one thermostat

[moonlightgdess]

I have the VE 200 tstat hooked up to my 6 tub AP rack... would it be possible to hook up two racks to the same tstat? It says no more than 700 watts with a power strip, but I have no clue what a strip of flexwatt runs at.

[Mike41793]

Aaron (serpent merchant) would know. PM him if e doesnt comment on this thread. Hes an electrical engineer and he has a love affair with Animal Plastics haha!

[satomi325]

It's possible to hook up 2 racks to a single thermostat. Just make sure everything is as identical as possible.

He has a love affair with Animal Plastics haha!

I have to agree!!

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[DavidMundy]

If your using 4'' flexwatt it runs at 8 watts per foot I believe.

[Royal Hijinx]

If both racks are IDENTICAL, then yes you can get away with it, but I would still only do it temporarily.

[AK907]

It's possible to hook up 2 racks to a single thermostat. Just make sure everything is as identical as possible.

Yup. There shouldn't be a problem running two racks as long as they have the same heating. Now if one had 11" flexwatt and the other had 4" flexwatt, that might not work out very well. Another thing to be mindful of is even if they are the same width, some flexwatt comes in different wattage.

[MasonC2K]

I've been running 3 racks on one Tstat for months now. As everyone says, they need to be the same and the total wattage can't go beyond what is supported by the Tstat.