I plan to put a BCI in a rubbermaid for a little while. I wan to know what heat pads you use on your rubbermaids. I also am wondering how hot they would get without a reostat, or however its spelled. Also how hot is to hot and will make the rubbermaid melt?
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Heat pad heat?
msubigdawg
Jul 07, 2004 03:06 PM
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Chris Olson
Jul 07, 2004 03:19 PM
Flex-watt. Exo-Terra makes pre-cut/pre-wired squares, but they will get too hot for your boa with out some kind of regulator. I recommend using a thermostat instead of a reostat because the therm will turn it off and on to meet the temperature you choose. I would use this in cooperation with a timer if the thermostat doesn't have a nighttime setting. You only want to put the heat pad under 1/3 of the rubbermaid to give a proper gradient...that way your boa can choose it's temperature. Shoot for a range of 85-92 during the day...lower the average temp in the rubbermaid to 82 at night.
Take care, Chris Olson
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Deon
Jul 07, 2004 05:11 PM
what size rubbermaid are you using
msubigdawg
Jul 07, 2004 06:03 PM
This one
http://rubbermaid.com/hpd/consumer/product/detail.jhtml?prod=HPFG533700BLUEB&attributeId=HPATT1003&nextType=noValue¤tType=HPCAT02&locationId=LOC00001&thirdMenuIndex=3
