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Junglehabitats
at Fri Feb 20 12:20:00 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Junglehabitats ]
Very good point to make and here is my take on this .
For heating wattages in cages it canbe a variable subject but as a "standard" heating wattage atleast with flexwatt that i use and that being 11" rated @ 20watts per foot.With all of my cages the "standard heat in flexwat is 1/3 - 1/2 the floor or back of cage heated which is depending on the animal in the cage. so a 3 ft cage would have 40 watts of heat installed and larger cage like a say 4-6 ft cage would have 40-60 watts of heat installed. With the type lighing i use this also will add to the heat that is inside the cage the 20 watt halogen lights provide a basking area in the cage under the light of about 80 degrees , this can vary depnding on the height of the cage from 12-24 " or higher of course the higher the cage the lower the basking area on the floor will be so a 3 ft cage could have the potential to produce 60 watts of heat and also maintain a basking area of 80 degrees /- depending on the height.
Weight of a product:
This is also something that will be posted atleast on my site and will be posted one each actual cage is builttoa finished product with glass doors installed, what i do right now is "estimate the weights" of the cages until a actual cage is built this can be close to with in /- 5-8 lbs as my actual 1/2" products vary between the HDPP & the HDPE with the HDPE being the heavier of the two products i use .
HDPP weighs #45lbs per 4x8 sheet
the two HDPE products weigh:
HDPE weighs #75lbs per 60"x96" sheet
so with that until actual cages are built the actual weight is estimated by my by the sq footage used in the assembly of the cage
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RE: All herp cage manufacturers should (but at present do not) state two specifications - Junglehabitats, Fri Feb 20 12:20:00 2004