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05-Jul-06, 04:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Gold Coast Age: 18 | | | Heating with lights. What do i use?
hey all
i am wanting to heat a garden shed that houses my cricekts. i need to keep the temp about 30C. I have power to the shed but i am wanting to use a general light that i can buy from Bunnings.
if anyone can help then thats would b great thanx. |
05-Jul-06, 04:28 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender:  | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
How big is the shed????? heat with a bulb????
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05-Jul-06, 04:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: yellow submarine | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
instead of heating the whole shed , have you thought of putting the tubs of crickets on some heat mats
that how i keep my woodies , saves me from heating the whole room |
05-Jul-06, 04:38 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Gold Coast Age: 18 | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
ummm... the shed is about 2 x 3m and yeh i was hoping wiht bulbs. i am wanting to go as cheap as possible. i dont have a lot of cash at the moment!!
the heat mats... wont they cost more than the bulbs? |
05-Jul-06, 04:41 PM
| | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
Not going to work, I would use a oil heater to heat the whole thing, but as Robbo said heat mats would be the way to go.
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05-Jul-06, 05:06 PM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender: | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
You will need some mighty big globes to heat a shed that size, if you must heat the whole shed go with an oil heater there not that expensive and dont need regular replacement. 
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05-Jul-06, 05:11 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Gold Coast Age: 18 | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
k thanx
well what would u guys suggest to heat the crickets? they r in 140L tubs on wheels at the moment. the incubation box is slightly smaller.
i am open to suggestions. |
05-Jul-06, 05:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | | RE: Heating with lights. What do i use?
you would prolly wanna go a mercury vapour globe or a couple. they burn very hot... |
05-Jul-06, 06:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-04 Location: Wollongong | | | I would run a heat cord underneath your tubs mate... definately alot cheaper than heat mats.
Depending on how many tubs you are trying to heat, a 6 or 9 metre heat cord would do the trick - cheap to buy ($30 - $40ish depending on the length), and cheap to run - 50W and 80W respectively. |
05-Jul-06, 08:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Gold Coast Age: 18 | | | | thanx ill look into it! |
06-Jul-06, 07:12 AM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | I bought some heat cord the other week and my woodies are loving it. bit cold before and lost a few and very little breeding, however with the heat cord all back on track. just gave them three passes underneath the tubs wiht the cord and thats enough to warm them up nicely. as others said cheap to run, whilst an oil heater uses up to 25 times the power. Long run.....heatcord wins handsdown.
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