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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gordon" data-source="post: 121845" data-attributes="member: 26904"><p>That's scary looking it is lucky it didn't cause a fire, i was meaning overheat as in the t won't be too warm as opposed to the actual mat overheating I keep my heat mats on a timer, 20mins on and 20off just because I don't like the idea of them running for days at a time , tbh I'm not a fan of heat mats but I need to do something to raise the temps from 19°C and a ceramic would be too much, was that mat covered? I know they can do that if they are under wooden vivs or covered so that the heat gets trapped and builds up</p></blockquote><p></p>