Dubia Roaches/heat mat?

[steest]

Wait, i might be completly off-base, but if your rheostat does not handle large amounts of wattage, wouldnt that be a hazard.. (i have no idea about these things haha)

[Sublime]

The higher wattage something can handle = the hotter it can get. My rheostat is designed by Zoo-Med, therefore they didn't intend for it to get to a unsafe temperature for your herps or in my case dubias .

[MonsterPyxie]

guys, be VERY VERY careful with heattape. It can get out of control.

i used it to heat my reticulated pythons, and bermese pythons, they where all on a temperature controller. Not sure if the probe slipped off the heat tape or what, but the heat tape burned a hole right through there container (high density tupperware, rated at around 250+*, and melted the carpet under the stone it was sitting on.

might have just been my bad experience, but I'm not really willing to get near the stuff at the moment. Something that can get that hot is not going near my critters.

[Sublime]

Oh damn, that is a bad experience with heat tape. Where did you buy the heat tape from because I've never seen it anywhere else besides this Flex Watt brand? I know the one being sold on Bigapple doesn't elevate past 120F at maxed out wattage.

[MonsterPyxie]

Oh damn, that is a bad experience with heat tape. Where did you buy the heat tape from because I've never seen it anywhere else besides this Flex Watt brand? I know the one being sold on Bigapple doesn't elevate past 120F at maxed out wattage.

I got it from a reptile show from a reputable breeder. Its the type you can cut to size, and attach the power cord too.

like this:
â–ºFlex Watt 11" heat tape reptile cage heater warmerâ—„ | eBay

[Sublime]

I got it from a reptile show from a reputable breeder. Its the type you can cut to size, and attach the power cord too.

like this:
â–ºFlex Watt 11" heat tape reptile cage heater warmerâ—„ | eBay

Yeah, that's the same stuff I was going to buy. I can't believe the burned through the whole tub and carpet, that definitely doesn't pass in my house. I'm not risking fire or endangering my precious dubias lol. It doesn't have a lot of wattage unless you use an extensive length, that's weird that it got that hot for you. Did you ever contact the seller and describe your problem. I would kind of like to know how it got that hot, besides the fact of the thermostat or rheostat you were using did not regulate it.

[MonsterPyxie]

Yeah, that's the same stuff I was going to buy. I can't believe the burned through the whole tub and carpet, that definitely doesn't pass in my house. I'm not risking fire or endangering my precious dubias lol. It doesn't have a lot of wattage unless you use an extensive length, that's weird that it got that hot for you. Did you ever contact the seller and describe your problem. I would kind of like to know how it got that hot, besides the fact of the thermostat or rheostat you were using did not regulate it.

Im still using the same rheostat to this day, so its not that. IDK how it could have got that hot honestly. only thing that comes to mind is the temperature built from the big heavy bin trapping the heat or something.

i never contacted the person, they still sponsor our local reptile show, and is the main vendor there. I think I spent like $4 or $6 on it.

much rather spend $30 on a zoo med large mat, then risk the animal at this point.