Heater Questions - Page 2

BoidKeeper · 11-01-04, 09:11 PM

Bristen I think I know what I'm going to go with for the new snake room. This oil heater sounds great to me. Jeff and others, where do you buy them? Can I hook it to a digital programable house thermostate?
Thanks,
Trevor

Jeff_Favelle · 11-01-04, 09:55 PM

Are people not reading???

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I purchased an oil-filled radiator at Wal-Mart over the weekend (was like $60)... it's amazing how good it works!! I couldn't believe it..

I bought mine for the same.

MouseKilla · 11-01-04, 10:46 PM

Good idea, but how much does it cost? LOL

Jeff_Favelle · 11-02-04, 12:25 AM

But WHERE do you get them from?

Ugh!

BoidKeeper · 11-02-04, 05:18 AM

Duh, Canadian tire for $120.

MouseKilla · 11-02-04, 07:10 AM

And how much is this free weekend?

Bristen · 11-02-04, 07:31 AM

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Originally posted by BoidKeeper
Duh, Canadian tire for $120.

Trevor, I looked at Kent and Wal-Mart.. Kent was more expensive, and you got less of a heater for the same cost.. I got one of the cheaper ones at Wal-Mart... with tax it was about $60cdn... It is best if you shop around because there seemed to be quite a difference in price from one store to the other...

Since I was using a programmable digital thermostat, it was useless to purchase a heater with a thermostat on it... the manual for the heater says if I blast it on the high setting with both elements on, it would heat a room up to 40C (104F).. so that's the reason Mark (at Markus Jayne Reptiles) can use it for his incubator, they can produce a lot of heat. There are 3 power consumption settings - a small element, a larger element or both elements: 600W, 900W and 1500W.. I'm currently using the larger element at 900W and there doesn't seem to be any problems keeping the room at the correct temperatures so far.

Later,
Bristen.

just to make a summary for folks that don't read the whole thread...

1) Where do I buy it? ANSWER: Wal-Mart

2) What does it cost? ANSWER: $60

LOL!!

BoidKeeper · 11-02-04, 07:37 AM

Ok one more thing. I'm assuming it plugs into a regular wall outlet? How do you go about hooking it to a house style digital programable thermostate or a helix?
Thanks,
Trevor

Bristen · 11-02-04, 07:48 AM

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Originally posted by BoidKeeper
Ok one more thing. I'm assuming it plugs into a regular wall outlet? How do you go about hooking it to a house style digital programable thermostate or a helix?
Thanks,
Trevor

don't you have school today or what?? Trevor, are you jigging school today?? Or you're at school and not working??

Anyways, to your question... the heater I purchased is a two-pronged plug that plugs into a regular house outlet. As far as the house style digital programmable thermostat, I kept the same setup I had before. I just wired the thermostat in a heavy-duty extension cord. All I did to switch heaters is unplug the little heater from the extension cord, and plugged in the new heater.. and voila!! It works like a charm so far...

Let me know what you end up doing!
Bristen.

smeagel · 11-02-04, 02:41 PM

for those of us who do not know how to hook up a programable digital thermostate. would anyone be able to explain step by step please

BoidKeeper · 11-02-04, 04:28 PM

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don't you have school today or what?? Trevor, are you jigging school today?? Or you're at school and not working?

I have what's called a "prep" period. How about you? Does you boss know your on ssnakess.com while at work?lol
Cheers,
Trevor
PS
I think I'll get the stuff and when you're here on the weekend you can walk me through it.

v2r · 11-02-04, 05:24 PM

if you're using a regular digital thermostat made for a house it is 24 volt controlled. not compatible, you need a 120 volt thermostat. (helix,ranco,johnson controls) those you just plug in the heater cord. email me if you need step by step directions
i work in the hvac field! v2rherp@comcast.net

vaughn

vaughn

Bristen · 11-02-04, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by BoidKeeper
I have what's called a "prep" period. How about you? Does you boss know your on ssnakess.com while at work?lol
Cheers,
Trevor

LOL! Let's change to subject back to snakes now ok??? :P

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Originally posted by BoidKeeper PS I think I'll get the stuff and when you're here on the weekend you can walk me through it.

well, I can explain to you more-or-less what I got done, but I didn't do this one myself... I had to go see my handy-man extraordinaire father.. I explained to him what I wanted to do, and he agreed with me that it would make sense. He wired it up and voila! It worked perfectly!

see you in a couple of weeks,
Bristen.

Bristen · 11-02-04, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by v2r
if you're using a regular digital thermostat made for a house it is 24 volt controlled. not compatible, you need a 120 volt thermostat. (helix,ranco,johnson controls) those you just plug in the heater cord. email me if you need step by step directions
i work in the hvac field! v2rherp@comcast.net
vaughn

The digital programmable thermostat that I purchased is made so that you can wire it on a baseboard heater, up to 1500W. When I was looking for a thermostat I was warned about that and forgot to mention it in previous posts. Thanks for pointing that out!! I'm sure you just saved a bunch of people some trouble (i.e. fried thermostats!). However, my thermostat just cost about $75, and was must less than a Helix. I however should get a Helix for the room eventually simply because the Helix goes higher than 80F.. in the summer time, if it is not very sunny for a while, the temp in the room does not always get much higher than 80F to 82F... summertime probably would be nice to get 85F, which I get often, but just not always when I WANT to get it... anyways, I think I'm starting to yap too much...

Later all,
Bristen.