Heat tape in my T8 - why so inefficient?

[CloudtheBoa]

Yup that's normal and unless you want a burned snake you should never have heat tape or pads set up for the surface of the bedding to reach 90F. It could easily get 100+ under the bedding doing that. If the snake needs more warmth it can and will bury itself or push the bedding aside. If the snake is on paper towels, the will transfer just fine through the paper towels when the snake lays over the pad/tape.

Definitely agree with the RHP sentiment. They're specifically designed to provide belly heat but secondarily raise ambients which heat tape/pads cannot do.

When setting up my heat panels all I did was drill a hole right next to where the wire was and threaded it through before attaching the plug. In the case of the T12's the hole was already there for the lights I ordered. I could not get the lights to stay though so just put the panels there. AP also cut channels for the wire so no danger of getting the wired squished. My wooden enclosures aren't sitting flush on top of each other so no pinching there either.


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