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Originally Posted by SlipperySlope
The beer fermenter heat belts I've seen are meant to go one time around a 5 or 6 gallon carboy (about the size of a 5 gallon bucket). A better option, if you really want to go down this route, might be the heating cable meant to keep plumbing pipes from bursting (one example: Frost King 6 ft. Electric Water Pipe Heat Cable-HC6A - The Home Depot ). I've used this (or one like it) on my pipes when I lived in a colder climate. It has a thermostat that turns the cable on when the sensor drops below freezing, rather than being always on like a string Christmas lights. |
Many plumbing heat cables run at at a temperature over 120 degrees which is more than enough to kill your plant.
Go buy it and check it out..
Do a test...... wrap it around your arm and plug it in
you will see what I mean.
I have used similar heat cable and it will soften pvc pipe.
Using old style christmas mini lights is much safer and do not really cost too much to run.
LED's are useless because they do not put out the heat like those old style mini bulbs.
What is everyone going to do when the plant spreads and pups and the mat gets larger every year?
And it will...