Heat cable calculator

Calculate heat cable

Heat cable is an electrical wire that warms up like a heat mat. It is often used for heating reptile enclosures, and as electric under-floor heating in bathrooms. This calculator helps you work out an efficient way of wrapping a heat cable into a rectangular area, to create an even amount of heat across that area. Give it the dimensions of the area you want to fill, the details of your heat cable, and then change where the cable should start, the padding and the number of rows, to see how well your cable will be able to fit in that area. The results at the bottom will help adjust the configuration to fit the cable into the area

Corner too tight, increase outer padding, or alter the start position to one that does not need a corner Corner too tight, increase outer padding, or alter the start position to one that does not need a corner Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase outer padding if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase outer padding if you care Corner too tight, increase area width Corner too tight, increase area height Corner too tight, increase area width Corner too tight, increase area height Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase area width if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase area height if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase area width if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, increase area height if you care Corner too tight, decrease horizontal spacing Corner too tight, decrease vertical spacing Corner too tight, decrease horizontal spacing Corner too tight, decrease vertical spacing Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, decrease horizontal spacing if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, decrease vertical spacing if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, decrease horizontal spacing if you care Corner too tight but the cable is not long enough to reach it, decrease vertical spacing if you care Cable is not long enough to reach this part, and could be $ longer Heated part of the cable, $ long Unheated part of the cable, $ long Cable is $ too long to fit, so the extra wire has been drawn in a stupid place
Select your units
The area you want to fill
The cable
Arranging the cable
Results