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08-Mar-08, 07:36 PM
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For sure! I was thinking of adjustable vents. Where do you get them from?
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16-May-08, 03:02 PM
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my heat panel arrived today, its a 'dry zone' one and says its to keep office cupboards warm and dry,....!???
it also says to velcro it on, and has strips of velcro attached,..
can anyone tell me if its the right thing, i thought i was getting one specifically fro snakes or are they pretty much all the same?
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16-May-08, 03:18 PM
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can any one put up pics with them already established for....dragons & snakes....please
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16-May-08, 03:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 34 | | | http://www.thermofilm.com.au/pdf/DRYZONE.pdf
this is the product that arrived, it sounds good enough,...can it be mounted on the roof or does it have to be on a wall?
DL - radiant panel heaters
if you look @ Ewans post and click on his blog, then @ the bottom go to older posts you'll see the panels in use.
THanks Ewan, the pics are great, hope u dont mind me posting the link!! 
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16-May-08, 03:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Western Sydney | | | |
Oh yeah...... I use three of the Proheat 88watt panels in a 4x2x2ft bank. The heat from the cage below helps heat them. Consequently the bottom cage is far cooler than the upper cages. A heat matt underneath does the trick.
I have to add that the panal doesn't heat up enough to burn skin or scales. I believe this is one of the main advantages of the Proheat panels.
Last time i checked temps I had a gradient of 36 to 28degrees in the top cage.
It reality the main reason I like em because I don't have to change the globes.
My womas seem to like them.
I'll give you some temps and more constructive info in about a week and a half. Someone bump the thread then.
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16-May-08, 03:32 PM
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If I'm not mistaken, Chris, those are the ones the Herp Shop used to sell, so it should be fine. If I'm correct in this, roof-mounting should be possible, since that's how they were pictured on the Herp Shop website.
In the future I will definitely be looking at these, as long term it seems cheaper (and less of a pain in the backside than globes, which I loathe), but finances are restricted, so for now I'm stuck with globes.
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16-May-08, 03:37 PM
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Herpshop ones came with brackets i'm pretty sure, animal attraction now sells them and they are pictured with mounting brackets, not velcro.
Don't think i would trust velcro, i'm sure a snake could get that down off the roof if they were persistant.
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16-May-08, 04:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 34 | | |
cool, thanks Aspidites and Ozzie Python!!
i'll try and think of a way to secure it a bit better,....
hmm,...wonder if theyre cheaper thru office supply stores then,...might be worth looking into,..!!
anythings cheaper than globes, i generally have them blow within a month or 2!!!
...sometimes they only last 3 days,.... 
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16-May-08, 04:45 PM
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chris1 i use one like yours for my brown tree snake's cage, the surface gets very hot, so put it out of reach.... they are in my opinion quite innefficient in comparison to ceramics... which is why i only have one!
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16-May-08, 04:46 PM
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Interesting
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16-May-08, 04:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW, Sydney west | | | |
The ones the Herp shop & myself have been selling for some years come with the option of velcro or brackets (usually consisting of both together).
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16-May-08, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jack  chris1 i use one like yours for my brown tree snake's cage, the surface gets very hot, so put it out of reach.... they are in my opinion quite innefficient in comparison to ceramics... which is why i only have one! | The panels only get moderately hot, nowhere near the heat of a light globe or ceramic. Infact i can hold my hand on a 50W panel for a minute or so when turned on. When mounted to the roof they are perfectly fine because the animals can't rest upon them or coil around them like they do other heat sources (matts, tape, lights etc) so they are safe from burns and no safety caging is needed.
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16-May-08, 05:57 PM
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I have quotes from Pro-Panel which I can pm to anyone who wants them. I was keen on the Pro-panel units & they are possibly the best, but the cost of the 240volt units was prohibitive. You can get the 120volt units & use a step down transformer if you like.
I ended up getting the ones from Thermofilm in Melbourne. I have been using the Thermofilm 160watt units with dimming thermostat in some of my larger cages for a year now & cannot fault them.
Unfortunately they no longer make the 100watt units, so I opted for the 160watt units which are $99 each including delivery. And I live 1000km from Melbourne!!
The staff were more than helpful & even rivetted small mounting tabs onto the units at no extra cost.
Thermofilm (03) 9562 3455 ask for Shannon in sales.
Keep your money in Australia,
Col J.
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Reason: Spelling teacher stuffed up
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16-May-08, 06:11 PM
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Thermofilm will do a run of 100watt units but they will only do a minumum of 500 at a time.
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16-May-08, 06:34 PM
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ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS IS NOW SELLING HEAT PANELS, i purchased 2 recently paid $6.00 postage and had them 2 days later.
i havent set them up yet but will shortly
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