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20-Sep-03, 11:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Herp Room Underway At Last
I have finally started building the enclosures for my fish room conversion to a herp room 
First bank is 8 foot tall and 4 foot wide and comprises of 3, 4' x @' x 2' enclosures. I am going to build them with provision for dividers so they can be used as 6, 2x2x2 cubes if need be. Now, my question is this, if I put the heat lamps to the outer edge then when in use as 4' enclosures the temp grad will not be very effective, also, if I put them in the middle, adjacent the divider the same problem will arise. I thought of putting the fittings on tracks so they can be moved to suit the configuration of the enclosures at the time but this would pose an electrocution risk so I have shelved that idea. What do you guys reccommend under these circumstances? Do any of you have this sort of arrangement? What are your experiences with it?
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20-Sep-03, 11:48 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Nunya | | | | First thought would be a globe(small wattage) in each section along with a heatmat for each as well.
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20-Sep-03, 11:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | | Dont really wanna use mats and as I wanna use one stat per bank I will need more than one globe per section. My main concern is placement so I get a proper gradient for each of the possible configurations. |
21-Sep-03, 12:14 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-03 Location: No where | | | | If you were using them as 2x2x2 cages a single 25wt globe would heat them easily, I would use two stats per bank, wired in so if one fails the other kicks in.
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21-Sep-03, 04:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Melbourne Age: 18 | | | | Maybe a few fittings so you can change wattage, or amount of lights? |
21-Sep-03, 05:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Yes but it is placement I am on about, let me explain If I put the globes at opposite ends of the bank that will be fine when the divider is in but bugga up the gradient when it is out. Same thing, I think if I put them in the middle each side of the divider. You see my dilemma? |
21-Sep-03, 07:27 PM
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Place 2 light fittings (1 at either end per level)
When using the tier as 1 long enclosure (no divider) just use 1 high wattage globe at 1 end...
When using the tier as 2 shorter enclosures (due to the divider) fit 2 small wattage globes 1 at both ends...
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21-Sep-03, 10:54 PM
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21-Sep-03, 11:08 PM
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21-Sep-03, 11:11 PM
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22-Sep-03, 12:03 PM
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22-Sep-03, 01:54 PM
|  | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender:  | | | | The method that John suggested is the way that I have seen it done.
The cages I have seen have the divider protruding from the front.To remove them, they just slide out. It's a pretty common design which allows the enclosure to be a lot more versatile.
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22-Sep-03, 06:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Yes Greebs, Johns method is the way I am going to go, don't know why I didn't think of it actually, probably cos I'm a bit thick
I don't think I'll have the dividers to slide out though, I will just have them to slot in at the bottom and raise into place. I have used this method with my 6 footer and it works pretty well.
Thanks to you all for your assistance and advice in this You're not a bad lot | |
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