Heat tape without a thermostat?

[AlleleAllureReptiles]

ok thanks guys I just remembered watching a video about heat tape and it said it only goes up to about 110 watts so that didn't seem bad to me I didn't know it could get so hot!! thanks for the heads up

And no worries both my balls that are on the top shelves have heating. It's just that I have another one coming in (who is gonna go on the bottom) on Wednesday and I don't know if the thermostat is going to be here by then it was supposed to be here already so I can have it set up for him. I really don't want to get stuck without it.. Worst comes to worst I will have to get an extra heating mat but I'd rather not spend another 50$ for something I won't use again..

And if the tape gets so hot wouldn't the wood catch on fire though

Not sure if I misread this or not but I wouldn't run a heat mat without a thermostat either!

~CRR