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Need opinion on rack heating

Under tub heat or back heat

  • Under heat

    Votes: 7 100.0%

  • Back heat

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
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Ok, here is the deal. I am building a rack that will be 3ft. 6in. tall. It will be 18inches wide and 24inches deep and house 5 tubs. I will be useing 28qt. sterilite tubs. I will be useing heat tape to heat the rack. Now comes the opinion part. Should I use a 12inch peice of 4inch heat tape at the back of each shelf for underneath heat or just one piece of 11inch heat tape that runs down the back the entire heigth of the rack for back heat?
Bothe ways cost the same and use approx the same wattage so that isn't an issue. I just want some other opinions on this. Oh yea, the rack will be constructed useing 3/4in. plywood and it will all be coted with polyurathane.
So what is your opinion?
 
Mine use underneath tape. I've never personally used the back heat type, but they don't seem to me like they would work as well. For one thing I don't think the tupperware/sterlite tubs will butt up against the tape that way, so it doesn't seem like very good heat transfer.
 
If you do decide to do the belly heat, make sure you use a router on each shelf to create a cavity big enough for the heat tape to lay in. That way your tubs will slide in and out without ever touching the heat tape, they will slide right over it.
 
I would also go for the the belly heat. I have used back heat and it is effective but woudl only use it for coulbrids as the temps can be lower. I woudl go with 3" tape and either router it in or use 2.5" foil tape over the tape...
 
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