Heat tape wiring and general heating question

[chairman]

My rack is wired the same way but I wouldn't do it that way again. I would wire my thermostat to have a power strip as its output. Then I'd wire each line of flexwatt with their own plugs. That way you can cut power to a shelf if it is empty. Wired the way mine is I heat all shelves whether they're occupied or not.

[SWDK]

Originally Posted by chairman

My rack is wired the same way but I wouldn't do it that way again. I would wire my thermostat to have a power strip as its output. Then I'd wire each line of flexwatt with their own plugs. That way you can cut power to a shelf if it is empty. Wired the way mine is I heat all shelves whether they're occupied or not.

That's how I'm going to wire my next rack for that exact same reason. You never know if you'd have to change out a section and having individual plugs would make things much easier.

[jossh27]

Originally Posted by chairman

My rack is wired the same way but I wouldn't do it that way again. I would wire my thermostat to have a power strip as its output. Then I'd wire each line of flexwatt with their own plugs. That way you can cut power to a shelf if it is empty. Wired the way mine is I heat all shelves whether they're occupied or not.

That's a great idea! So the thermostat will still regulate the temp of each flex wat coming from the powerbar?