Is it safe to hide the heater in a plastic tube on the inlet flow ?

probably not, because the heater gets SO SO hot, and will probably melt the
plastic... My heater made a spot on the side of my CO2 reactor before I
realized it and moved it... went to grab it and nearly singed my finger on
it... that's how I know how HOT it got...

"Alan Silver"
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Hello,

I'm planning a new tank and am trying to work out how best to hide the
heater. I am intending on building a polystyrene background and was
wondering about adding a wide-ish plastic tube to the filter tube and
inserting the heater inside this. This would then be placed flat on the
back of the tank, behind the background. At the end of the tube would
either be something to deflect the water 90 degs into the tank, or I
would just have it near on end so the jet of water hit the end of the
tank.

Any comments ? My main concerns are safety and being able to get at the
heater in case I need to. This idea would allow me to get at the heater
as it would be up at the top of the tank where I could reach it. It
should be effective as the water flowing into the tank would flow
directly around the heater. What concerns me is if there are any safety
implications in this.

Any and all comments welcome as usual.

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Alan Silver