hey there Rick ... you *guys* are alot of fun around here !! Now that duct tape comes in colors I've become more receptive to it, lol ) I have had the duct tape covering that heat pad for years and it's worked out great with the heat controller. I did build a few cages out of wood then melanine but all were just too heavy, unnecessarily so. As such, in my head, I went thru all of the various heating concerns as you have. You might want to check out this thread </TITLE> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/master.css"> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000"><FONT FACE="Arial" size="2"> <!-- NOTE: consider related fdse files when revising--> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; c ...

best of luck to you )
marian