Nice advice, right on.



For the original poster, do you need all of the cage warm, or is it one part, say 1/3 of the cage at 90 and the rest cooler.



In general, in a 4ft cage, if you want 2ft x 2ft warm, a 60watt panel should do it. If you insulate the cage a bit (and Visions are known for losing heat unless you insulate) then a 40 Watt may warm a 2ft x 2ft area.



The above is just a guideline. If your ambient temps change throughout the year, then of course the results will too. In general, buy as much heater as you will need during the coldest times your room sees.



Another option, use one RHP for the warm end and a smaller CHE for the cool end. When the weather is warm, turn the CHE off. When the room temps are cool, use the CHE in addition to the RHP. You can really control temps this way - 2 heaters are better than one big one in a large cage.
-----
Mark

[ Hide Replies ]

• Radiant Heat Panels - OliveJewel, Thu Nov 19 15:17:44 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - jgragg, Fri Nov 20 11:26:03 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - jgragg, Fri Nov 20 11:28:31 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - Markg, Fri Nov 20 12:21:45 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - OliveJewel, Fri Nov 20 22:00:00 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - chris_harper2, Sat Nov 21 17:35:14 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - OliveJewel, Sat Nov 21 22:48:09 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - markg, Mon Nov 23 14:01:13 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - stevenorndorff, Mon Nov 23 17:53:57 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - OliveJewel, Mon Nov 23 20:02:18 2009
• RE: Radiant Heat Panels - rainbowsrus, Tue Nov 24 17:45:19 2009