building new wood cages, need advice on therm probe placement. i am going to use flexwatt inside (!!!) the cages with holes drilled in the bottom for ventilation, and a small channel routed out for the tape to sit in. i will then put vinyl flooring over the entire floor and then substrate over that. i just need to figure out where to put the probe. most resellers of flexwatt say to put tape the probe directly on top of the tape, but i have no idea how to do that in a practical manner, without creating a big bump under the vinyl. any ideas?
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probe placement
kingevil
Jun 23, 2011 12:32 AM
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markg
Jun 23, 2011 02:56 PM
You make a separate Flexwatt assembly (can be small, like 1 ft long), plug it into the same controller as the Flexwatt in the cages, and you attach the probe to that.
This separate piece can be placed somewhere in the room, perhaps on a piece of scrap wood of the same type you used in the cages. You can even cover the Flexwatt with Vinyl flooring to closely match what the cages have and place the probe on top of that. I would tape the probe down - you don't want it moving off of the heater.
I find overhead heat (RHP or CHE) alot easier and more effective for many types of herps than Flexwatt. Depends on the species and type of cage of course. Wood cages lend themselves well to overhead heating. And there is something to be said for NOT heating wood and vinyl directly.
Some of the animals that I have had do extremely well using CHE or RHP heat include hognose snakes, rosyboas, boa constrictor and cornsnakes. My opinion of course. Rosies produced nice big babies using CHE heat only.
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Mark
