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Bill S.
at Mon Nov 8 23:54:38 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bill S. ]
All very good tips. Bob at PP knows what he is talking about, and has advised me on cage heating through the years.
Like you, my cages are in normal room temps and I use radiant heat panels exclusively. When I originally wanted to quit using bulbs in the early 90s I tried FlexWatt. All I ever got was a hot spot in a cold cage. The FlexWatt or similar UTH tape did nothing to warm the cage air even though a patch of the floor was hot. I tried FW with wood and Neodesha cages and the results were the same, except that the FlexWatt distorted the bottom of one of my Neo cages.
So I went to red bulbs for a while, controlled with proportional thermostats. Then I discovered radiant heat panels and never went back. Today, about 10 years later, RHPs are all I use.
Unless you have a specially heated herp room where all you need is a basking area, RHPs are the way to go.
Thanks for the tips!
Regards,
Bill
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- Heat problems? Read this - CaptainHook2, Mon Nov 8 19:31:19 2004
 RE: Heat problems? Read this - Bill S., Mon Nov 8 23:54:38 2004
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