Flex Watt Wiring and Mounting: Part 2 (by IncubatorWarehouse.com) Flexwatt

[tadynow]

very informative. My dimmer however has a green wire in additon to the two black wires (to ground it im guessing). What do i do with the green wire then? anyone?

[incubatorwarehouse]

It does not matter which side of the wire you use, as long as you use only one of the wires.

[tokay999]

witch part of the wire do i cut right or left ???

[tokay999]

does it matter with side of the wire you cut into ?

[PhunkJunkee45]

As an electrician this is completely against all codes that have to do with cords. I would tell everyone who is seeing this video to NEVER NEVER DO THIS. Don't be cheap and stupid, go out and get a thermostat. It smarter and safer and you don't have a the chance of shorting the cords. Not only that switches don't have a neutral wire and the heat tape does, the heat tape need the neutral to complete an electrical circuit.

[AmsterdamFire321]

@PhunkJunkee45 You're an electrician? I call bullshit. All he's doing is running a dimmer switch to the positive cord running through the circuit. The switch acts as a resistor by regulating the amount of power that flows through the circuit. I've wired a few houses in the past couple years, this is just fine. Just be sure to properly insulate all exposed wires. A thermostat is great, but they also cost a lot of cash. PS. I've got 50 ball python racks running off of dimmer switches.

[PhunkJunkee45]

@AmsterdamFire321 Switches dont have neutrals and he is using that switch with a neutral to complete and electrical circuit, switches are not designed to run of a complete circuit you they only use a switch leg. Anyone can wire a house, you all you do is hook up a 2 wire to the breaker box. Hot goes to the breaker neutral on the neutral buss and the ground on the ground buss. Run your wire to the room and pig tail to your outlets. Wiring a house takes no electrical skill at all

[AmsterdamFire321]

@PhunkJunkee45 Actually, wiring a house takes a lot of skill and time. He's simply running a switch that has positive and negative terminals to the positive wire. If you're so worried about it then buy a dimmer switch with a fuse. For an electrician you sure can't type a proper sentence.

[PhunkJunkee45]

@AmsterdamFire321 It takes time not skill its all memorization, a first year apprentice can wire a house. Also switches do not have neutral sides or neutral hook ups, again they run off of switch legs(which is a hot wire) and do not complete an electrical circuit. You will never see a switch anywhere in a building or house that was hooked up by a licensed electrician to have a neutral wire on it. A fuse will do nothing but limit the amps to the flex watt. I am in the trades not an english major

[AmsterdamFire321]

@PhunkJunkee45 I don't need a licensed electrician to wire a dimmer switch for a snake rack. There's literally thousands of people who use this same method for heating snake racks or dimming lights. So far, I haven't heard of ANY melted wires, shorts, or even a fire. Sounds perfectly safe to me. What your saying is that this method is unsafe because there is no ground connection? You can buy the same setup with a dimmer switch from home depot. Happy?

[PhunkJunkee45]

@AmsterdamFire321When did i ever say anything about a ground wire to a switch? The only time i said something about a ground is when i said that wiring a house is not hard. If you read what i have said over and over is that it is not safe because switches are not suppose to be used in this manor. No its not a problem now but down the road in a few years the wire and or switch will begin to fail in some sort of way. You cant go and by a switch with a neutral and a hot wire in a set package either

[Video85Man]

how hot can you get it before it stars to melt?? i need something that will reach up to 400-500 degrees

[Themrcj2012]

where do you get the dimmer??

[Reptileboy737]

ummmm you could also use a light dimmer that plugs in heat tape wire - dimmer -wall way safer and easyer :)

[MrBillis66]

Is it possible tu use Flex Watt Heat Tape in Sweden. We have 230 volt

[h2simms]

Yes, a reagular dome. But, you can use any dimmable bulb. Works great!

[h2simms]

This thing works great I just did the same thing with a regular extension cord for my heat lamp!!! 5*

[damnationofsociety]

@h2simms what kinda fixture did you use? Like a regular reptile dome light? Also, are u talking about a ceremic heat lamp, or a bulb? Thanks, might try it if it works.