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I just bought a heat emitter from big apple and it just doesnt seem to get as hot as i thought it would. Its 150 watt and the black one which they claimed was better than the white ones...
I just got a large burm and had to put the cage in the garage so i thought a heat emitter would work really well because i have heard how hot they get...well this one just doesnt seem to get very hot....I am trying to find my thermomter..(kids decided to play with it)
I kinda thinking a 100w heat lamp would work better.....any ideas..I'm not real happy at the moment since it cost me 30 bucks
the cage is 6x3....and no the snake cant touch it...

Thanks Jason

Dude! Get a Radiant Heat Panel (pro Products). Go overkill too. The one I have for my 6X3 cage does a good job but could be smaller so it doesn't work as hard. You also gotta insulate.
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DZ
1.0.0 Burm, Moses
0.0.2 Ball, Chico & Chewy (rescue, many scars)
0.2.0 Cats, Merideth & Hannah
1.0.0 Black Chow, Pivo RIP Oct 23
Lotsa fish
1.4.0 Rats
0.2.0 Humans (a little obnoxious though)

Yea wish i had bought a radiant heat panel...i think i will just buy one of those and send this thing back....i am using a 250w heat lamp right now that is working good.
The garage is insulated but i was thinking of covering the cage in some also......I am gonna be building a new cage pretty quick..the burm came with the cage and its really crappy..

Get the right one and you will be very satisfied. I went the route of trying to save money with Flexwatt, CHE, lights and even a radiant room heater under the cage. The room heater worked incredibly well to the tune of $100 a month jump in electricity! That's almost the cost of the RHP alone! Don't mess around, get one. But get one a size larger than recommended so it shuts off from time to time! And INSULATE!
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DZ
1.0.0 Burm, Moses
0.0.2 Ball, Chico & Chewy (rescue, many scars)
0.2.0 Cats, Merideth & Hannah
1.0.0 Black Chow, Pivo RIP Oct 23
Lotsa fish
1.4.0 Rats
0.2.0 Humans (a little obnoxious though)

I wasnt aware that the rhp would shut off...

When attached to a thermostat, the stat will shut it off once it reaches the right temp. If it isn't strong enough to reach that temp, it will always be on. That's why I would get one more powerful than you need so it gets a break.
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DZ
1.0.0 Burm, Moses
0.0.2 Ball, Chico & Chewy (rescue, many scars)
0.2.0 Cats, Merideth & Hannah
1.0.0 Black Chow, Pivo RIP Oct 23
Lotsa fish
1.4.0 Rats
0.2.0 Humans (a little obnoxious though)

I had problem heating my boa cage and was told to get a heat panel but those are kinda expensive for me now. I think you also may need a higher watt emitter if anything, 6x3 cage is large and I was going to use a 150W on a 4x2 cage.