Sunbeam human heating pad

Wizwise2000 · 04-28-04, 07:26 AM

How hot do these heating pads get? I need something that can get really hot, my house is usually really cold. My wife says next winter we won't have this cold issue, but I don't want my animals to die because things don't go as planned.

We just had a cold snap and I'm getting my snakes on friday and I can't get these sterilites above 65 degrees. Should I buy heating tape or something?

Thanks
Shane

mykee · 04-28-04, 09:24 AM

Shane, I just moved into my new house, and the heat was off while painting, and when my new racks were built with 11", I turned on my Helix and it showed 56 degrees to start. It took me over two hours to get my rubbermaids up to 94. The higher your temps in the house, the faster the tape will heat up.

klein · 04-28-04, 09:44 AM

i use the sunbeam heating pad for my leos, and i have it set on the lowest setting and it will get to around 85 F, had it on medium for a while and it was in the mid 90's. My house temp is set to 67 F at all times. So i would say if you set it on high you would get in the low 100's with no probs, not sure what temp you need for this snake. hope that helps

Cruciform · 04-28-04, 01:25 PM

I just did a test last night with the 1 foot by 2 foot Sunbeam pad.

It was 85 on low, 96 on medium, and 110 on high.

orion_dv8 · 04-28-04, 02:00 PM

is there any danger involved with the human heating pads, as they are not inteded to be on for extended periods of time? i noticed as well recently more ofthem are coming with an auto shut off is there any way to bypass this? i am planning to get one or 2 of these as they are much more economical than those that are available for pet use but these 2 facts trouble me. i want to make an informed purchase.
thanks
ORION

klein · 04-28-04, 02:05 PM

i am using the same size as you are, thanks for letting me know the high temp, i had never gone that high and probably will never but it never hurts to know what it goes to ...

klein · 04-28-04, 02:08 PM

i would say they are just as safe as the reptile ones, i have been using the human ones for a while now with no problems, i bought a reptile one for my first one and haven't seen a difference between the two except price. As for the auto shut-off, you have to make sure it doesn't have one as there is no bypass that i am aware of. Walmart has the sunbeam one and it doesn't have an auto shut-off, there is some models of sunbeam that do, but make sur eyou get the one that doesn't specifiy it on the box and you will be fine.

Wizwise2000 · 04-28-04, 03:25 PM

My house is 55 degrees right now, we're supposed to be getting oil sometime soon. I'm guessing that I can't get the temps the way I want them due to the low house temps.

I'm getting 2-3 week old balls.

Thanks everyone
Shane

klein · 04-28-04, 06:33 PM

i would think if you put it on the highest setting you will get low 100's, high 90's, not sure what balls need in terms of temp, if you need more get an overhead heat source and that will get it correct for you

nita · 05-01-04, 07:55 PM

I have a sunbeam and on low directly sitting on top of the heat pad I get 90's. If you are putting it underneath a rubbermaid then I would set it on medium, that is what I do anyway, still want to monitor it regularly though.

MouseKilla · 05-02-04, 11:55 AM

I've found, in my heated room, that the LOW setting is sufficient to maintain a hotspot that bounces around a bit between the high 80's and low 90's. On the MED setting I get temps that occasionally break the 100F mark so I use LOW.

I have looked at the technical specs for these heating pads and they are regulated, by law, to reach temperatures no higher than 175F on the highest available setting.

You may find you get different temperatures out of the pads at the extremely low house temperatures being mentioned here. Without a heated room there is also the issue of having a reasonable ambient temperature along with a proper hotspot achieved with the pads, maybe you'll need 2 pads, each on
different settings.

My only question is, why are your houses so damn cold? I mean 67 is enough to make my nipples stand up, 55 and I'm ready to start a fire. Good Lord, are you people Inuits?

My house is 75 on a cold day and if it gets any colder I hide in the snake room where it's at least 82.

Wizwise2000 · 05-02-04, 12:00 PM

LOL MouseKilla! It was 55 because we ran out of oil and the delivery guy took his time, so 3 days later we got our oil, when the cold snap ended

I recently put an electric oil heater in the computer room too keep up the temps. Seems to work rather well.

Thanks for the responses everyone!!!
Shane

klein · 05-02-04, 12:53 PM

my house is always set to 67 all year long, i am dying cause it is way to hot for me, i would have it lower but my wife complains it is cold so that is the compromise we have come to ... i find with my heat pad set to low, i get the same as you, high 80's, low 90's ...