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Are there different brands or sizes of 4" heat tape?

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I have some Calorique brand 4" flex-watt that is exactly 3 & 31/32" wide. I'm wondering if there is another brand or type of "4 inch" heat tape that might be a little narrower.

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I honestly don't even know if there's more than one brand of heat tape... :slamit:
 
To my knowledge that is it. The old brand name we still use "flexwatt" doesn't actually apply any longer. As I understand it the Calorique company now owns the product.
They do make a 3" tape.
 
PaulSage said:
I have some Calorique brand 4" flex-watt that is exactly 3 & 31/32" wide. I'm wondering if there is another brand or type of "4 inch" heat tape that might be a little narrower.

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I honestly don't even know if there's more than one brand of heat tape... :slamit:
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Paul that would be considered 4" heat tape:) Non of their elements is exactly 3, 4, 6, or 11".. Pretty much a closest to kind of thing.. I have looked around for different suppliers and havent found anyone but calorique..
 
OK, nevermind. I couldn't get the 4" stuff that I have to fit into my new racks and I thought that I had bought the wrong stuff. I wasn't aware of a different brand of heat tape either, but I have seen ads/comments regarding one rack manufacturer's "lower wattage flexwatt" and thought that maybe there were different brands and I had the wrong one.

Anyway, the rack mfg. called me (on a Sunday, nonetheless) and we got it straightened out. I was just being a dolt and didn't realize I was putting it in wrong. So, all is well.

(Matt, I'm going to need more heat tape. lol)
 
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