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Jase Captivebred Colonel

Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 2602 Location: Wolverhampton
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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If you get a small enough wattage bulb it should be on maximum or there abouts all the time as opposed to flickering on/off.
Like you say if you have two thermostats and the ceramic on a timer for night then it may not need it but it's there in case. _________________ A lil bit of Madagascar
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dantro CaptiveBred Addict!

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Essex
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah i may heave to see cos i got a bit of height to it i could have one on all day and it may well be ok ... a smallish one like u said ... _________________ Cheers
Dan
1.1.0 Ackies (10 eggs cooking) 4.9.6 Stenodactylus S. (22 eggs cooking)
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crocdoc Key Member
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 262 Location: Sydney Australia - best address on Earth :)
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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A 'kill switch' is a thermostat that is there only to prevent animals from overheating. Rather than controlling the minute to minute temperature by switching the bulb on and off (or dimming it), it is set to a high temperature to keep everything running until there's a heat wave or particularly hot day, in which case it switches everything off to prevent overheating.
Essentially what I'm telling you is that you can have your basking light on all day provided it doesn't overheat the entire enclosure. It is unlikely to do this unless you have a very high wattage bulb, small enclosure or particularly warm ambient temperature in your room.
But if you want to do this and still don't want to have to worry about whether or not your monitor will overheat on those freakishly hot days, then you can use the thermostat that you used on your ceramic heat emitter in winter. You put the probe in the 'cool' end of the enclosure, away from the basking light, and set the thermostat to a high temperature. That way it stays on all of the time - except if there's an unusually hot day.
I'll give you an example. I have a big enclosure for my adult monitors. It's a very tall enclosure and the basking lights are near the top, so I don't have to worry about the monitors being able to get away from the heat - they just have to go to the floor of the enclosure. However, because I don't have air conditioning and it does occasionally get stupidly hot here, I use a cheap room thermostat as a 'kill' switch. It's down at floor level, in a drawer beneath the enclosure and set to a little over 30C. What it does is keep the basking lights on all of the time. It rarely ever switches them off, because it rarely gets warm enough for that drawer at floor level to reach 30C. It has turned the lights off on a few occasions, though, so it serves its purpose. One of those occasions was New Year's Day 2006, when it hit 45C here. I was away for the day and when I returned not only were the lights off, but both adult monitors were in their water containers with just their snouts above the surface. Clearly it had been very hot in there during the day and if the thermostat hadn't been there it might have got dangerously hot.
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dantro CaptiveBred Addict!

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Essex
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah that makes a bit more sense ... My viv is quite high so its should be ok for them to find a cool spot, i may well keep the ceramic wired into it for the chillier nights that are surely gonna come over here ... and use a spot on either a dimmer or just a fitting depending on the wattage of the bulb, thats something ive got to evaluate yet ... So well see how the size/temp thing works out ... thanks for the advice ... _________________ Cheers
Dan
1.1.0 Ackies (10 eggs cooking) 4.9.6 Stenodactylus S. (22 eggs cooking)
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Bohan Key Member

Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 311 Location: Devon, uk.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I picked a couple of young un's up this weekend gone..
they were advertised as "yellows" but i'm uncertain? |
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master pt Contributing Member

Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 165 Location: sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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looks yellow to me just like this one
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dantro CaptiveBred Addict!

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Essex
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Great pics! cant wait for mine now ...  _________________ Cheers
Dan
1.1.0 Ackies (10 eggs cooking) 4.9.6 Stenodactylus S. (22 eggs cooking)
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Bohan Key Member

Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 311 Location: Devon, uk.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, i wasn't sure?
I say young un's but if they are yellows they are probably a bit older than that at about 14 inches.
The "male" is chasing the "female" alot, lots of scruff grabbing and tail scratching. "She" is hidding away alot as "he" is pretty constant in his advances.
All good signs, so you never know ?
I was after V glauerti but i've heard they are rarely for sale and mostly males that are up for sale? and in my heart new that i would settle on the first dwarfs i came across [provided they were in good health]
I'm very chuffed with them, they are very settled and friendly and often take food from my fingers.
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