Heat tape malfunction. Hoping our girl isn't fried..

[TheSnakeGeek]

Did you try moving the probe?
Have other people heard of that? Where the probe should be closer to the end where the connections are?



Sorry this happened to you but maybe there is an important learning element for others.

i did move the probe. tried it at several difference spots. ended up leaving it on the bottom shelf since that was the one that got so hot. temperatures seem to be holding much better now. we did order some new flexwatt just in case and have been monitoring the temperatures religiously. but no, i have not heard of other people saying to place the probe right next to the flexwatt connections, but that's what i was told to do. since the thermostat probes are directly on the shelf that spiked the temperatures seem to be more consistent.