Quote Originally Posted by JoshJP7 View Post
I used flexwatt which supposidly never gets higher than 95 degrees so that isnt hot enough to burn the vinyl or the wood... On the other hand if your using like a zoomed heat pad or others you find in pet stores those get like 115+ degrees so thats a possibility... Either way all heating elements should be hooked up to a thermostat to ensure nothing serious happens...
Flexwatt will most certainly go above 95, but the manufacturer warns that anything above 95 is dangerous. Glad you clarified that you are in fact using a thermostat to regulate the temp of your flexwatt.

And, just for the record... I've recorded 140 degrees surface temp with a zoomed pad.