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Re: substrate heating cables
From: "shaji (s.) bhaskar" <bhaskar at bnr_ca>
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> ... The wire will be wound on the clothesline grid. The carpet
> backing is just a flat piece of plastic to which I will glue the grid.
> I want to use the plastic because this will remove the need to glue
> the grid to the bottom of the tank. ...
Is the actual heating element laying against the plastic backing, then?
I thought that the element was supposed to be suspended a half-inch or
so above the bottom to facilitate convection currents.
> Could we use the cables used to keep gutters from freezing over in
> the colder climates?
See my previous posting on 120VAC cables. Probably not feasible.
-- Keith
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