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Old 09-23-14, 04:13 PM   #1
JWFugle
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Question mixing heat elements for large cage(cold room)

Hi all ive got a Ap 8x3x2 coming in that i cant convince myself on how to best heat it. my house is usually in the 60s-70s in the winter so im concerned about the large cage with a small rhp and my snake not able to properly thermo-regulate

currently i have an 80w rhp that is 12x22.5 that has done an awesome job of heating my current cage. my issue is i do not think it will be able to handle heating this new cage. so my thought is to run 2 side by side rows of11in flexwatt under half the cage with the rhp centered over that half and link all that into my single thermotstat.

thermostat is a hydrofarm rated to 1000w
rhp is 80w
total flexwatt would be 8ft(2 rows of 4ft) @ 20w a foot 160ws

so total is about 320w at full power far below the thermostats limit. but is it safe/ok to have the rhp and flex watt on the single prob?

I will be using a combo of soil/clay and wood chips as substrate with large slate rocks that hold heat really well.

o yea and this is for my jamp retic

what do you think? opinions welcomed
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