Flexwat, how safe is it really?

[JodanOrNoDan]

i am
jist wondering why power was still supplied to the tape if it was getting hot enough to melt things? I use the stuff but am thinking of trying to get away from it, as it kind of worries me. Not sure if I can though. I am thinking about putting radiant heat in a small room, the size of a walk in closet. The animals wouldn't get a hot spot though and I am thinking the temps in the room would have to be about 85 degrees.

84 is fine. 84 to 88 works for me. There is absolutely no need for a hot spot if you provide these temps. Remember though, even radiant heat can still fail in a spectacular fashion. I trust oil filled radiators the most.

[JodanOrNoDan]

Living where you live, I think I would use the central heat to get the room up to whatever your normal living temp is then use a radiator to bump the temps the rest of the way. My single radiator does fine down to about 65 then it cannot keep up and my auxiliary heat kicks in. Even in the coolest months for me it rarely dips below 75 in the house. It gets cold where you are so you are going to need to heat far more than me depending on how far you let your house temp dip.