Re: water bed heating mats
- Subject: Re: water bed heating mats
- From: L* J* R*
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:53:37 -0700
You might like to try the heat mat sold at www.groforit.com It is preset at
110 F at the surface, but comes with a rack that allows you to vary the
distance the pot/flat can be kept in relation to the mat.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com
> Is this the right list? I think I haven't seen traffic here recently.
>
> I used a regular heating pad from the pharmacy for years (instant voiding
> of the warranty, I don't recommend you duplicate my suicidal tendencies)
> until it burned out (literally, big burn mark in the plastic covering where
> it shorted out).
>
> I am aware of multiple threads on this forum where various persons attested
> to the use of water bed heating pads to heat seeds trays, etc.
>
> I now find myself in possession of such a mat, and I see that the
> directions clearly state not to plug it in until the matress is full of
> water. I'm not overly concerned with following directions, but torching my
> home is somewhat less than desirable to myself.
>
> Could the fine peoples here who have embarked upon this course of action
> please enlighten me as to wether there might be multiple varieties of water
> bed heaters (I could locate only one more or less generic sort), wether
> they used any sort of water insulator around it, wether it was buried in
> the soil, wether the seed trays were simply set on the heating portion, etc?
>
> It occurs to me that people may have placed it under the soil, and then
> placed the nifty little metal probe into the soil. However I do not recall
> many of the detail, and I would greatly appreciate any personal antedotes,
> stories, or thoughts that might pass through your minds as you read my words.
>
> That is, assuming that you've troubled yourself to read this far!
>
> Thank you for flying!
> Glider
>
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