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RE: raidiant heat pannels vs uv heat lamps?

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Posted by: pooter at Mon May 18 10:37:42 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pooter ]  
   

Zach, in your earlier post you had used the verbage "cage". Now, you are using racks as an example. To me, the word "cage" and the word "rack" mean different things. This changes the dynamics of the conversation completely.

In my opinion, the type of "enclosure" does make a huge difference. There are several obsticles that make it difficult to use RHPs for racks, and several things that make heat trace or tape more practicle.

On the flip side, if you are considering cages, I think there are several obsticles to using cable/tape and several things that make RHPS a better choice.

With that said, keep in mind, RHP's are not all equal. There are several mfg's out there that aren't worth buying. RHP's put out a higher amount of BTU's per watt, can be used within the cage so you don't loose energy due to cage materials, can utilize the RHP to get a better gradient etc...

You can take an RHP and create an elevated basking spot, have a warm end and a cool end... they work great.

If you want to talk racks, it is a completely different situation.

   

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