Size of heat tape on racks?

[Hankj]

Do you guys use the 4" or the 3" on your racks?

 

[im faster]

I use 3"

 

[BrightReptiles]

I believe most use 3"

I'm using heat cable at the moment but will be switching over to 3" cable soon.

 

[scm133]

I have 3" on my APS (tubs are sideways) and 4" on the RhinoRaxx (tubs are lengthwise).

 

[Hankj]

I believe most use 3"

I'm using heat cable at the moment but will be switching over to 3" cable soon.

You mean 3" tape?

 

[BrightReptiles]

edit yeah, 3" heat tape to replace my cable*

 

[Hankj]

Ok great, thanks a lot guys.

 

[Wowoklol]

You set it up according to a ratio. Shooting for 1/3 of the bottom being heated is a decent place to start. I'd err on the side of less than more personally. Gives them a wider gradient.

 

[Russellm0704]

I believe most use 3"

I'm using heat cable at the moment but will be switching over to 3" cable soon.

Any reason why you are switching from heat cable to heat tape? Just wondering if your heat cable was working good enough or not!

 

[Fencer04]

I was actually against heat cable until I bought a rack that came with it. It is annoying to have to run it back and forth but It has worked just as well as the Flexwatt tape I use on my other rack.

 

[Terrain_pull up]

I use 4". It gives a good 1/3 coverage for the tubs I use like someone else mentioned

 

[BrightReptiles]

The heat cable works great, but my tubs are a very tight squeeze in my rack, so I'm going to switch to tape on my new rack so I can still have the snug fit without struggling to get the tubs in and out over the cable. Also, the type of wood I used doesn't like the gorilla tape I used so it peels :/