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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 20/01/2011 : 12:33:56
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Glueing them down is fine, until you need to take either the mat or stat out, then you risk damaging the heatmat. Also, some glues work by melting plastic together, in which case it will certainly damage either the mat or probe, sometimes both.
Your best bet is to use a rubber band to secure the probe to the mat cable, yes it cam be moved, but shouldn't be moved off the mat. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/01/2011 : 12:43:11
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| well ive glued probes to mat for 6 years an still using same mat, like u said depends what glue u use, i use a hot glue gun which is strong enough to hold probes in place yet simpley breaks apart when twisted |
    
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geckolass
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/01/2011 : 16:09:50
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| I hate heat mats they scare me incase they get burnt i have a sheet of perspex over my heat mat in my snake but thinking of tiling in there, my geckos are all tiled i found a frog that i had burnt to death.....so i hate heatmats open to the animals. |
  
Cornsnake...Menga
Leopard geckos - Spaz, Smudge, Bob, Lilo, 1 unamed
Tabby cats- misty and dusty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/01/2011 : 16:46:40
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Originally posted by geckolass
I hate heat mats they scare me incase they get burnt i have a sheet of perspex over my heat mat in my snake but thinking of tiling in there, my geckos are all tiled i found a frog that i had burnt to death.....so i hate heatmats open to the animals.
If your heat mat is statted it should never get hot enough to burn or kill your snake.
Perspex wont stop it getting too hot either. My heat mat is underneath a plastic faunarium and when I tested the mat without a stat, it got up to over 35c inside the faunarium with the probe resting on the plastic base! |
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What do u use?? Should I be worried?
