Quote Originally Posted by wolftrap View Post
Armiyana, I'm so sorry to hear about your snake!! Thank you for the warning!

How would the heat tape work? I have zero experience with it. Do you tape it to the outside or on the bottom of the tubs? Would you use heat tape alone and no UTH/lamps/etc?

Also, how do you heat a two-space rack? Thank you so much for your help!!
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Heattape is basically just heat created from the electricity running through the copper bands on each side, which is why its so cheap, and MUST be regulated by all means. Obviously theres more to it to keep it safe for everyone, but thats about as simple of an explanation as I can give. It usually goes on the bottom like any other UTH. Reptile Basics has some nice heat tape for sale, and they'll even wire it up for you for a few cents more.

Most racks are actually heated by heat tape on each level. With mine, and many others, all of them are wired together into a single plug, which can then be used with any single plug thermostat (I use a herpstat). If you were to do two separate tubs with two separate lengths of heat tape, you would either have to use two thermostats, or purchase a thermostat that supports two inputs (such as a herpstat II)

If you do end up looking at racks, I suggest checking out CSerpants.