Years ago I was visiting a colleague at a zoo and they had hundreds of reptiles and amphibians brumating in various refridgerators throughout their facility. No wine coolers but they did have several of the similar coke display fridges which I assume are similar.

At any rate, all of them were hooked up to a simple accessory thermostat that they ordered from Rocker. I was about a $25 part back then and I'm pretty sure it was made by Honeywell.

If it were me I'd probably use a thermostat. But if you're hoping to get away without I do expect/assume that a wine cooler could do a pretty good job. I would test it first set up with the same boxes, substrate, water bowls, etc and make sure it is stable enough. In other words, don't test it while empty.
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• wine coolers to brumate - wohlerswi, Tue Jan 27 14:30:12 2009
• RE: wine coolers to brumate - chris_harper2, Tue Jan 27 15:27:56 2009
• RE: wine coolers to brumate - Upscale, Tue Jan 27 17:02:35 2009
• correction... - chris_harper2, Tue Jan 27 17:17:15 2009