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Well for starters, you don't use packing tape to attach a probe to the heat tape.
I use something similar to this:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-Bran...0-yds/17300797
I use that to attach the heat tape to the bottom of stuff if needed be and that to attach the probe to the heat tape.
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Also I meant to add I know they have "heat resistant" packing tape or something along those lines, but yea.
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Re: Heat Tape Failure
Oh, I was told that foil based tape can trap heat and was recommended duck tape or heat resistant packing tape but obviously I was the one with the problem here, so I guess I learned something new. Thanks. That alone wouldn't have caused such extensive damage though right? I didn't tape over the probe, I taped the wire below it.
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Re: Heat Tape Failure
Wow! Sorry to see this. I would definitely give them a call and voice the issues just like you have done here to see what they offer as far as options. I have never heard of this happening. And only use foil tape to secure the probe to the heat tape in the future.
Stay in peace and not pieces.
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101 seems a bit high to give a proper hot spot. A drafty apartment may make for cooler ambient temps but you should not be trying to raise the ambient temp with the heat tape.
Ive seen heat tape and heat mats for that matter do this before. Anything with juice running through it has the potential to fail and cause any number of problems. It looks like you were very lucky that the temps reached didn't harm your snake or even worse catch the rack on fire and then the apartment.
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Re: Heat Tape Failure
Originally Posted by Ivy061
Oh, I was told that foil based tape can trap heat and was recommended duck tape or heat resistant packing tape but obviously I was the one with the problem here, so I guess I learned something new. Thanks. That alone wouldn't have caused such extensive damage though right? I didn't tape over the probe, I taped the wire below it.
When using foil tape you will have issues with trapping the heat if you cover the probe with the tape. The proper way to secure it is to tape the probe wire just before it meets the probe. Then if necessary you can use a thin piece to hold the tip of the probe down. You want to avoid ever securing the probe in a manner that covers the probes body.
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I forgot to ask.
How are you checking the hotspot surface temps in the rack?
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Re: Heat Tape Failure
Yep! Thanks for the clarification KMG. Absolutely only foil tape the probe wire and not the probe proper.
Stay in peace and not pieces.
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I cover my probes with foil tape, no problems here in more than 5 or 6 years
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Re: Heat Tape Failure
Originally Posted by KMG
How are you checking the hotspot surface temps in the rack?
I have a laser temp gun, the snakes usually will clear the substrate off the tub a bit in the hotspot and that's usually where I measure it. It's usually around 90-92 degrees.
Last edited by Ivy061; 11-10-2016 at 07:46 PM.
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