Our Beloved BEL - Helena

[JRLongton]

Your ^ above statement about the RHP warping is concerning to me. You do have it controlled by a thermostat, right? An RHP should not warp with heat, because it shouldn't get hot enough to be affected like that.

I absolutely have a thermostat. Right now Helena's RHP is being regulated by a Herpstat 2. The rest are on a Herpstat 6. Excellent devices. I've had the Herpstat 2 for a few years and got the 6 recently. I have a Jumpstart also for emergencies because the Herpstat is too sensitive to power fluctuations. In the event of a power outage the Herpstats don't function on generator power, but the Jumpstart does!

As to why it warped, cheap plastic construction. It also seems to warm up unevenly, one side getting warmer than the other. Helena was coiled up on the cooler side, which is probably why she was OK. The manufacturer makes other products that are great and that I use happily, so I don't want to bash them, but subsequent research has shown that mine is not the first of their panels to warp.