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When do u over power a ranco thermostat

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Ive got a question...

I have a ranco theremostat with the power strip conected from reptile basics, I was wondering if I could plug another power strip into the one attached to the ranco and not worry about over doing it?

I have the thermostat on 2 racks, One that is a 9 slot each shelf with 12" long sections of 11" flexwatt bellyheat, and a another 7 shelf each with 4" flexwatt about 16"long (belly heat).

If I had all of them hooked up into one thermostat, each flexwatt with its own plug, into a powerstrip plugged into the power strip connected to the ranco, will the ranco be able to easily support this or am I pushing it?

If I knew how much wattage the flexwatt put out I'd just do the math, but I dont. My ranco is quoted to handle 1500watts.

Thx for ur time
 
11" is 20w/ft
4" is 8w/ft

The issue won't be that you exceed the limits of the Tstat, it will be that you are heating two different racks, with two different heat sources. You probably won't get satisfactory results on both racks if you run them on the same thermostat.
 
Plus if the thermo sticks your only over heating 1 rack instead of 2urbangardensolutions.com sells a good thermo for like $30 it has a shut off when it gets 108 degress i got alot of them.They work just fine just plug your strip in to it get you a temp gun to dail your floor heat in..
 
I have been using Ranco's for 4 years and I have only had one fail. When it did it shut off not "stuck on". Ranco's can handle 1500w of heat tape. But to heat both racks evenly with one Ranco you need each piece of flex watt to be exactly the same wattage and length and they need to be wired in the same way with the same gauge and length wire. If not you will notice that one rack's temps are higher then the others. Art know's all about it. Give him a call if you want to and he will help explain it more if you want.
 
Well the watts are there then you can plug your whole collection in 1 ranco.I woudnt put all my eggs in 1 basket in case the basket fails.Get another thermo.And i got a double ranco on a oilfilled for the room but it is alot for just some mats.
 
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