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Bighurt
at Fri Oct 26 00:16:39 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bighurt ]
Well there are a ton of ways to go about this, and ideally a sealed vaccume would be the best but nearly impossible to create.
In any case I would keep the air gap to the inside as heat travels poorly through air. So when using the two materials the gap would be in between each which is probably the most nuetral. However if you use the refectix I would also keep the gap between those materials.
Remember its the heat you want to keep in not the cold to keep out. Hot moves to cold.The air gap would slow down the process but not as much as you might think. Really I don't think you see a huge difference either way.
It would be cool if you could find the buuble wrap filled with argon, as argon is a very large atom that is very slow moving so it doesn't transmit heat very well unlike other gases such as air which is mostly nitrogen.
Ideally Reflextix filled with argon would be ideal but very expensive, NASA uses a similar material.
Anyways back to earth topics I think either way you go it will work just fine.
What material are you lining the cage with and how is it being mounted?
By the way Baby #2 is on its way #1 is celebrating his 1st Birthday next week. Man they grow fast!
Thanks for the welcome glad to see I was missed.
Cheers
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Jeremy
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RE: Reflectix Question - Bighurt, Fri Oct 26 00:16:39 2007