Flexwatt...

[LeosForLess]

Burned a hole in my tub! It shorted or somthing and now that row of flexwatt is useless! AHHHHH Luckily the gekc ois safe and sound

 

[BalloonzForU]

Seems like this is happening more and more. At lease all is safe, it could have been much worse.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

OMG, Paul... how scary!

 

[William]

Dang, close one for the gecko, eh?

 

[yellermelon]

Dang that sucks, hope it doesnt happen anymore! To you me or anyone else!

 

[eyelids]

Yeah your lucky your house didn't burn down or something... Were you using too much wattage on a single outlet?

 

[GeckoMandi]

Wow flexwatt is what I am using and I hope I don't have to go through it burning anything of mine! It's really kinda scary.

 

[LeosForLess]

I did everything right and i dont kno how, the tub is ruined, i dont kno about the rack, but now that row of geckos has no heat, and io have tons of babies coming and getting flexwatt from anyone expecially you kno who will take weeks... who can i cantact about the problem even tho theres nothing theyre gunna do?

 

[Sunshine State Exotics]

I did everything right and i dont kno how, the tub is ruined, i dont kno about the rack, but now that row of geckos has no heat, and io have tons of babies coming and getting flexwatt from anyone expecially you kno who will take weeks... who can i cantact about the problem even tho theres nothing theyre gunna do?

I think I know who your talking about. If so, I agree. I won't order from him anymore because it take soooo long to get your order.

Try this... http://www.bigappleherp.com/Flex-Watt-Heat-Tape

I like them because they sell the lower watt version of 3" and they are fast.

I'm curious, what part of the flexwatt failed?

 

[LeosForLess]

I havent looked into it, but 1 square inch of it just got insanely hot, but the rest was normal.

 

[NaughtyDawg]

What kind of thermostat are you using? An on off type or proportional.

 

[LeosForLess]

Dimmer switch

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

I've gotten my flexwatt from The Bean Farm. They've always been very prompt with the shipments.

As for the overheating, you didn't have anything sitting directly on that spot that overheated did you? And consider yourself lucky. It could have been FAR worse!

 

[LeosForLess]

Well i noticed it hotter at one point, so i thought the hide was dry etc so i moved it and put water in it, but it kept gettin hotter.... it was lika a short or sumthin

 

[GeckoMandi]

Is someone have problems with certain flexwatt at a certain place? I'm just curious if it's the same place I get mine. Paul can you PM me who you bought it from?

 

[ShaffersExoticHerps]

I'm curious too. Could you pm also. I just bought some. Thanks

 

[LeosForLess]

Who else has had this happen? Im posotive this was a malfunction, one section got insanely hot ,while the rest was normal, i even took off the tub and that section was always hot

 

[justin-branam]

Who else has had this happen? Im posotive this was a malfunction, one section got insanely hot ,while the rest was normal, i even took off the tub and that section was always hot

happened to me not to long ago. i just got my new heat cable in, and i think thats what ill use from now on. the flexwatt got hot right under one of the moist hides (about a 1 1/2" circle). i walked into the room and smelled the melting tub. at least the gecko was smart enough to move to the other end.

for a picture of the tape, see my thread: http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=5462