I have a wiring question I am using 11 inch heat tape. I have the tape cut and the connectors on. My question is I have 4 strips of heat tape with the wires on them that have 4 male plug ins. My thermastat is a Big apple proportional thermostat. How do I connect it all together? Sorry for the weird question but I am lost,



Brandon

I have a wiring question I am using 11 inch heat tape. I have the tape cut and the connectors on. My question is I have 4 strips of heat tape with the wires on them that have 4 male plug ins. My thermastat is a Big apple proportional thermostat. How do I connect it all together? Sorry for the weird question but I am lost,



Brandon

You can either go to the hardware store and buy a plug bar, or splice and wire nut all those onto one male plug.

You can either go to the hardware store and buy a plug bar, or splice and wire nut all those onto one male plug.

I should clarify I meant wire them in parallel, not series, if you wire them together for one plug.

Here's an illustration of what Desert is talking about:
http://www.beanfarm.com/heating/Flexwatt_parallel.pdf

Here's more Flexwatt links that I use:
http://www.beanfarm.com/heating/flexwatt_userinfo.pdf
http://www.beanfarm.com/heating/Flexwatt_Wiring.pdf
http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/flexwire.shtml

And a great video if you want to try soldering the connections (2 parts):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QWlF2GdMGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isFeFPaVhIk

Hope this helps!