cat sleeping on tiled UFH...overheating issues?

[xelaris]

There's no doubt my moggy loves the newly installed UFH as she's preferring it to the sunny sill and even beds and sofa.
Are there any risk of overheating? The temperature of the floor is set to a maximum of 27 degrees (still mild), and the cat isn't sleeping where the probe is located so the temperature of the cat's area is higher than the 27 degrees registered by the probe.
Common sense tells me the UFH is safe....simply because 27 degrees maximum is still pretty average - am I right? (or shall I find a better bed for my moggy?)

 

[Taylortwocities]

So many cats

So few recipes

Toasted Tiddles, a new one for Heston, maybe?

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• Taylortwocities
• 24 Jul 2009
• 5

 

[EFLImpudence]

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Not if I have anything to do with it.

 

[Iggifer]

on a slightly more serious note.....

If the UFH stat fails and the UFH heats continuously, the cat will get up and move when it becomes uncomfortable, long before it's damaging

 

[xelaris]

on a slightly more serious note.....

If the UFH stat fails and the UFH heats continuously, the cat will get up and move when it becomes uncomfortable, long before it's damaging

thanks for taking it seriously...
If we should avoid permanently covering UFH areas with furniture....then a cat should be even worst as they generate heat themselves - on a positive side, a cat moves away from time to time - still the surface of the tile isn't as hot as the actual cable.

 

[bernardgreen]

the cat will get up and move when it becomes uncomfortable, long before it's damaging

Possibly not....

We had a cat who curled up in front of the singe bar electric fire and wouldn't move even when her fur was scorching.

The fur insulates the skin from the heat source so the cat can feel comfortable even if the fur is burning.

 

[Iggifer]

the cat will get up and move when it becomes uncomfortable, long before it's damaging

Possibly not....

We had a cat who curled up in front of the singe bar electric fire and wouldn't move even when her fur was scorching.

The fur insulates the skin from the heat source so the cat can feel comfortable even if the fur is burning.

I suspect the situation might be somewhat different with UFH, as a) a cats fur is thinner on it's underside and b) the weight of the cat presses its skin, at least in places, into contact with the tiles.

I would analogise this to a human standing in front of a fire, then sitting down and burning your legs with your hot trousers, and sitting directly onto the fire. Your trousers insulate you similarly.

Also, i doubt there is any UFH even in fault conditions that could put that much heat through a tile. You're talking 50C+ before burns occur

 

[xelaris]

no worries about any cat being burned here....rather if an UFH system can get damaged by a cat sleeping too much over it

 

[Iggifer]

on tiles? nope

 

[mattylad]

I would be more worried about tripping over the cat because its on the bathroom floor.

Other than that I see there being no problem with either.