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Laminating FlexWatt?

Thanks for all your help! I'll probably do the "wood, linoleum, flex-watt, aluminum foil tape, substrate" scenario with the heavy water dish clear on the other side of the cage (just to be on the "safer" side).

This has been incredibly informative and I feel much better about my decision ^_^.
 
Actually I understood what Wade said and I also assumed the t-stat would be set at a reasonable temperature, around 85 F. and not above 110 F. the maximum rating of Flexwatt. Knitpicking terminology and typos is so petty. Behave.
 
Good luck, Jadie and be sure to post pictures when all is said and done! :D

Stevieray said:
Actually I understood what Wade said and I also assumed the t-stat would be set at a reasonable temperature, around 85 F. and not above 110 F. the maximum rating of Flexwatt. Knitpicking terminology and typos is so petty. Behave.
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While you may have understood what Wade said, you didn't say what you meant...Which means others can read that and assume that FlexWatt will only reach 110F based on how you worded your sentence. That's not "petty" for pointing out you error, that's making sure your misinformation isn't read by others and thought as accurate. So how about you "behave" and type what you mean so what you say can't be misunderstood by others. :)
 
Come on Stevieray, don't you even know what you meant to say. TME will explain it to you.
 
I suppose I should have said: "If Flexwatt's rating only reaches 110 F. maximum" that would have been better. Sometimes the brain doesn't spit out the correct verbiage. Can you ever forgive me? the words my lips are speaking are not what my brain is wreaking.
 
Stevieray said:
I suppose I should have said: "If Flexwatt's rating only reaches 110 F. maximum" that would have been better. Sometimes the brain doesn't spit out the correct verbiage. Can you ever forgive me? the words my lips are speaking are not what my brain is wreaking.
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No worries. :) My only concern is people misunderstanding you and assuming what you literally said as opposed to what you truly meant.

I especially understand "the words my lips are speaking are not what my brain is wreaking." The baby seems to be eating my braincells...I have clients asking me questions on the phone...and I know the answers...I just can't seem to get it out! I think I'm sounding like a zombie when I do try to explain things verbally. :laugh:
 
Ok after reading this I have a question for TME...

Your flexwatt was in the cage...and shorted out....two pieces in different cages at the same time? It seems to me that there would need to be some sort of failure in the FW itself, I.E. a crack or water infiltration to create an electrical short. Is there some way that water was involved? Maybe one shorting overloaded another and caused it to short as well?

I'm concerned because I use FW for all my snakes, though never IN the tanks, always UNDER....
 
Drewby07 said:
Your flexwatt was in the cage...and shorted out....two pieces in different cages at the same time? It seems to me that there would need to be some sort of failure in the FW itself, I.E. a crack or water infiltration to create an electrical short. Is there some way that water was involved? Maybe one shorting overloaded another and caused it to short as well? I'm concerned because I use FW for all my snakes, though never IN the tanks, always UNDER....
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No, my FlexWatt was not in the cage. It was layered with a 1/4" space for heat to dissipate between bottom (plywood) and top (tile board), with the FlexWatt in between. Think of it sort of like a glass tank with under tank heat, but instead of having the tape/pad stuck to the bottom of the glass, it's stuck to the top of a sort of 1/4" high stand that the glass tank sits up off of the heat. All of the seams in the tileboard were sealed with silicone to prevent water getting to the FlexWatt or rotting/molding the wood. Unless some how water got behind the cages into the 1/4" space (I find that hard to believe, the backs where you can get to the electric is less then 4" from the wall), that is not what happened.

As far as a crack suddenly appearing in the FlexWatt causing a short after 2-4 years of use, I have no idea if that's what happened, but I'm sure it's possible. Really, I don't think there's any way to be 100% certain what happened; only that it can happen and has happened and I won't take the risk using FlexWatt with wood again.

I'm not sure how/why two did it the same day, and the third which was connected to the same t-stat (and is the top one) did not. If you look at the pictures, the 2nd pic, which is the one on the very bottom of the stack, is worse then the one above it. :shrugs:
 
It's a conundrum, an enigma of epic proportions. A riddle who answer also turns to be a riddle. Good fellow, in conundrums you are speaking.
 
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