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Old 19-Mar-08, 09:24 PM
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Thanks again.

I was a bit worried about the heat blanket as my tub will have very high humidity with holes in it so the blanket would get damp.

I figued a heat cord would be cheaper and easier to work with.

My concern is however, even with a thermostat, do the cords themselves get hotter than the air the heat? I mean, maybe the cords themselves are like 60 degrees and they heat the air up to 28 when the thermostat turns it off. So the cords are hotter than the air so a thermostat would make no difference because it measures the air and not the cables.

Basically, what i am asking is, how hot do the cords themselves get? Hot enough to melt plastic? And how long and what wattage for my size and temp?

Thanks
 

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