As with my current set ups, I use 17 inch flexwatt, and on this one, the top 6 tubs will have a strip and the bottom 4 tubs will have there own. I keep the lower ones off completely during the late spring through fall when I am cooling my animals down and I keep my males and rubber boas in those lower ones. In the early spring when my house is still 70 during the day or 65 at night, I turn the heat on super low to get a 78 degree warm spot but it still goes off completely at night.

The heat on the top cages is for my females or animals that don't mind it a little warmer. My house is kept at a constant 74 degrees and those cages are 82-84 in the hot spot and 75 in the cool spot. I have heard of people talking about heat accumulation in higher cages, but I have been using 17 inch flexwatt for back heat on dimmers or thermostats for about 4 years now and have seen no problem with this.

Also, Since my mother makes the side paneling for me out of pvc (she owns a sign shop), I always have her make a clean cut between the top heat and bottom heat so that I can remove the side panels from the bottom shelves if I decide to and allow more air flow, but I have yet to see a need to do so.

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• To all those that Provided Ideas!! - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 01:38:45 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - a153fish, Mon Jul 4 06:16:38 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 10:02:03 2011
• Thnaks for the info! n/p - a153fish, Mon Jul 4 10:09:18 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - KcTrader, Mon Jul 4 09:12:16 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - pyromaniac, Mon Jul 4 10:03:44 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 10:24:26 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - denbar, Mon Jul 4 12:13:21 2011
• All thread credit to Beaker30 - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 14:08:06 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 10:57:56 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - RossCA, Mon Jul 4 23:20:53 2011
• Of coarse I don't mind - grnpyro, Mon Jul 4 23:41:29 2011
• RE: Of coarse I don't mind - RossCA, Mon Jul 4 23:52:13 2011
• RE: Of coarse I don't mind - grnpyro, Tue Jul 5 20:15:20 2011
• RE: Of coarse I don't mind - RossCA, Tue Jul 5 20:43:44 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - KingDome, Tue Jul 5 00:10:05 2011
• Bed Liner Contents?? - grnpyro, Tue Jul 5 09:41:49 2011
• RE: Bed Liner Contents?? - KingDome, Tue Jul 5 23:00:13 2011
• RE: Bed Liner Contents?? - grnpyro, Wed Jul 6 08:22:52 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - Jlassiter, Tue Jul 5 01:55:28 2011
• Nothin like adjustability - markg, Tue Jul 5 16:05:20 2011
• insulating sides......... - DMong, Tue Jul 5 16:57:41 2011
• RE: insulating sides......... - Steveoinlvnv, Tue Jul 5 19:20:01 2011
• RE: Nothin like adjustability - grnpyro, Tue Jul 5 20:12:53 2011
• RE: To all those that Provided Ideas!! - Austin_baker, Sun Jul 17 10:15:26 2011