Quote Originally Posted by Pwilliams58 View Post
One helix could run 4 of my adult racks, thats 6ft of flexwatt per rack, 120 watts per rack, 480 watts per 4 racks, and THAT wouldn't max out the helix. This guys only talking about building one rack. Unless he plans to use one of those crappy A-life thermostats, I think he's in the clear.
Right well you also gotta remember that 20watts per foot is what the flexwatt runs at normally If there was a power surge or if something shorted out that would spike dramatically (I'm an electrical engineering intern so I do know a couple things about this). Now I'm pretty sure most people don't run their flexwatt full on or there'd be a lot of cooked snakes but you always want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. Also, and I could be wrong here if I am feel free to say so, but I thought the max wattage the Helix could handle was 500? Or is it 1000W?