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Old 12-01-2009, 08:00 PM
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Default Exo terra heatmat caught fire while i was out!
Ive used two of these exo terra heat mats before. First one hardly heated up at all, and this one ive got has burnt my wooden cabinet which im converting into a chameleon vivarium. The cabinet wood is THICK wood.
Came home to a smell of melting plastic and when i checked it the wood had a smouldering glow and was burning hot to touch.
What the hell should i do about this, contact exo terra or what?
PS heat mat was not on a stat as it produced a measured 30C under the tank at all times.
I'll get some pictures when i can!
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Ive used two of these exo terra heat mats before. First one hardly heated up at all, and this one ive got has burnt my wooden cabinet which im converting into a chameleon vivarium. The cabinet wood is THICK wood.
Came home to a smell of melting plastic and when i checked it the wood had a smouldering glow and was burning hot to touch.
What the hell should i do about this, contact exo terra or what?
PS heat mat was not on a stat as it produced a measured 30C under the tank at all times.
I'll get some pictures when i can!

welcome to why you should use a stat!

you can't contact exo terra because you put an uncontrolled heat device onto a wooden surface and let it continue to get hotter and hotter.

moral of the story, use a stat or next time you could come back to find you no longer have a house.
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Yh i agree and it will state in the heat mat instructions a stat should be used.
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Old 12-01-2009, 08:11 PM
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not using a stat is just asking for trouble
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So this problem was caused purely by not using a stat?
Damn, I use stats on all my other mats apart from that one. Guess that goes to show...
Cheers for the advice Meko.
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exo terra mats are for GLASS ONLY as stated on all packaging!!!!
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exo terra mats are for GLASS ONLY as stated on all packaging!!!!
Its a fully glass tank.
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Sadly they are designed with cut off points so they will keep getting hotter and hotter.

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Sadly they are designed with cut off points so they will keep getting hotter and hotter.

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there's a sticky in snakes section i think about thermostats. it shows temperature readings of an unstatted mat.
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