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Dracowoman2
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 Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Always good to learn soething new 
Back on topic, ish, has anyone got any experience with heat cable? I'm planning on using it when I build the incubator from hell in the new year, thankfully I have an electrician on hand who's brain I can pick!
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Stuart
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an electrician with a brain?..not having that!.. 
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PaulG
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Lynne wrote: | | SmallPaul wrote: | My royal is in a 4l rub for now. .
I have actually got a spare faunarium like that.
Dont think I will use it. . . |
why? thats a bit of a waste. kya,ghana and ayira are in these. now am not saying itsconnected, but kya and ayira didnt eat in the rubs, moved them to these and away they went. may not be connected, but then again you never know. |
Well I havent got a use for it.
The leo used to be in it while he was younger.
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Lynne
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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i have heat cable. its coming of im afraid. wont heat up to temp. had to shove heatmats on as well to get temps up. not on top of cable i might add. may be ok for hatchlings, but not the big ones. imo.
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paplan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Lynne wrote: | | paplan wrote: | Personally I hate heat mats, you can't get the ambient temperature up high enough, mat stats aren't much use either as there are no increments for temperature on the dial, they are a bit hit and miss if you ask me. I would be inclined to use a ceramic or tubular heater (both Guarded of course) or a heat cable and a pulse proportional thermostat. You would do well to invest in hand held digital thermometer, the better ones also have a laser, so it is just a case of aiming the laser at a particular area of the enclosure and you will get an instant temp reading, these are extremely accurate.
Apologies for waffling.
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a stat must be used with any heating implement imo. |
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Lynne
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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i dunno, did you?
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Lynne
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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yes you did. sorry had to think. i use stats on all my mats, and the cable even although its not that hot, all my stats have temperature adjusters, and the heat is accurately controlled. i check it with an infra red temp gun.
i wouldnt say my pulse stats are any better or any worse than the others.
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Dracowoman2
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Well I havent got a use for it.
The leo used to be in it while he was younger |
Paul, thick of all the possible things you ould put into it  Like another snake maybe
| Quote: | | i have heat cable. its coming of im afraid. wont heat up to temp. had to shove heatmats on as well to get temps up. not on top of cable i might add. may be ok for hatchlings, but not the big ones. imo. |
I think I'll stick with good old heatmats and a Pulse Stat then, just to be on the safe side. The Calibration is going to be a bitch I think!!
| Quote: | | an electrician with a brain?..not having that! |
I haveto admit it's pretty rare, but luckily for me this one is my father-in-law and really knows his stuff, unfortunately for me, he likes to try and expalin everything to me, and my brain tends to melt after about the first 30 seconds or so. I usually only want to know can I do it, and is it safe
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PaulG
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Dracowoman2 wrote: | | Quote: | Well I havent got a use for it.
The leo used to be in it while he was younger |
Paul, thick of all the possible things you ould put into it Like another snake maybe
Hoping that is already covered. . . just got to wait and see what happens.
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Dracowoman2
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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That was meant to be think by the way not thick, my ****** wireless keyboard has gone possessed on me again, and I'm supposed to be working, SADLY, so you guys are keeping me sane at the moment, but only barely    
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