How you heat your click-clacks?

[bigtime89]

Hey all,

How are we... I just thought i would start a post cause i have no idea of the heat cord...

Heat matts are understanding while heat cords and installing them can be confusing so many ways so i thought why not start a post to see what people have worked out through exp...

So people with there click clack set ups please post up pics and info on how you installed it and what watts, etc...

Cheers all... Daniel

[shellfisch]

The times my son has used a heat cord, he has just sat one end of the tub onto it.
He pretty much uses heat mats for any tubs.

Michelle

[Snakelove]

I have a piece of melamine i tape the heat cord on it and sit the tubs on the heat cord. It's pretty simple really, nothing confusing about it.

[miley_take]

I use an old cake cooling rack to thread my heat cord through, and the other enclosures are heated by heat mat. I've had no issues

[shellfisch]

I use an old cake cooling rack to thread my heat cord through

Thats a good idea!

[Reptilerookie321]

I dont have snakes, but i use this for my crickets and im sure it would work for the snakes, Just tape the heat cord to the bottom of the tub using electrical tape in this kind of pattern Google Image Result for http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/AndrewGeibel/Snakes/IMG_0002-2.jpg kind of long url sorry. Good luck

[Sigman21]

hey mate if u want the heat cord the click clack to sit evenly u can rpouter out a pattern onto the surface and put the heat cord in it so its nice and even...alot of breeders do that with there racks

[Snowman]

I just use a hair dryer

[ZOOJAS]

i use heat mats with a built in thermostat .

[bigtime89]

Hey all

Cheers for all the replys yer i wanna get the heat matt throw some tiles on then the place the click-clack on it... Just got find a strong enough one to pump out heat as i live in bendigo, and my herp room gets cold at night...

Any idea on a good wattage for a 11 litre that would be strong enough?

cheers again all.

Daniel

[unnamed_soldier]

This is the setup I use for 2 x 52L and 2 x 30L containers..

50W heat cord from herp shop attached to a habistat thermostat routed into the pine boards


Some aluminum tape over the top.. (found this in the building section at bunnings for those looking for it.. its used for guttering as well)


Ta Daaa.......



The tape really spreads out the heat well and I have some rocks in the enclosures to help as well. This setup easily got to 44 before I had my snakes in it (lol couldn't work the stupid thermometer) but holds the temps at 32ish really well..

I went heat cord as it was a cheaper setup then 4 smaller heat mats or 2 big ones..

hope this helps

[ZOOJAS]

Hey all

Cheers for all the replys yer i wanna get the heat matt throw some tiles on then the place the click-clack on it... Just got find a strong enough one to pump out heat as i live in bendigo, and my herp room gets cold at night...

Any idea on a good wattage for a 11 litre that would be strong enough?

cheers again all.

Daniel

for my 7 liter tubs i use a reptapet 12watt mat [ 28cm x 28cm ] they come with a built in thermostat and are rather cheap [ i get mine for $45 each ] i use 1 mat per 2 tubs . with my 52 liter tubs i use a 20wt mat [ 28cm x 42cm $ 55 ] and i use 1 mat per tub . i could have went the heat cord way but by the time i buy a decent thermostat and a 50wt cord it was cheaper to go the heat mat way [ for me anyway]

[bigtime89]

sweet all for those replys would love to see more pics of the heat cord set ups..

cheers, daniel

[Pythoninfinite]

The Flashtac aluminium tape has a bitumen backing, so it can be a bit messy when it gets hot. The best aluminium tape to use is available from JAYCAR online, it's just a heavy aluminium foil with an adhesive backing. I think around $15 for 50m at 50mm wide.

Jamie.

[bigtime89]

ok cheers jamie =)