Inline fuse with heat tape

[Justinhicks]

Is anybody wiring up inline fuses with their heat tape?


Are thermostat probe failures that common that I need two stats ran in series?

thanks in advance!

[PitOnTheProwl]

No and no.

[bcr229]

It's not unheard of for some people to do it.A cheaper alternative would be to put a rheostat or lamp dimmer between the thermostat and the appliance, set so that if the thermostat did fail the heat would be uncomfortably warm (95-98*F) but not burning/deadly hot.

[Sauzo]

That's the reason you buy a high quality t-stat like a Herpstat or Vivarium Electronics. If they fail, they have safeties that switch them off. Now using a cheap t-stat.......

[bcr229]

A friend of mine had a VE-100 fail wide open last year. He lost a rack of juvenile retics.

[Justinhicks]

Good idea for a fail safe, but my idea is that a fuse would act as a safeguard in case of an over current or direct short, thus preventing a fire.

It's not unheard of for some people to do it.A cheaper alternative would be to put a rheostat or lamp dimmer between the thermostat and the appliance, set so that if the thermostat did fail the heat would be uncomfortably warm (95-98*F) but not burning/deadly hot.

[Justinhicks]

Works great. My heat tape is avg 95 degrees at 75v and draws 100mA







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