Heat Mat - Question...

[RichB]

Hi

Under a 10L click clack, for a Bredl hatchie, I have a 15x28cm heat mat that is 7w and it covers 1/3 of the click clack.

I can't get the warm end any warmer than 27.7 degrees. I need it to be (as advised) between 28-32?

This is probably a stupid question; but does a higher wattage get a mat to higher temperatures or does it simply allow a bigger mat to get to the same tempertaure as a smaller mat? So in other words shall I get a higher wattage mat (which i presume would have to bigger) to acheive higher temps in the warm end??

cheers
Rich

 

[Pythonking]

yes higher wattage heat matts will heat up more the major problem though with heat mats is if they get too hot they can melt a click clack I would stay with what you have if you were to up the wattage i would be putting a peice pf mdf between the click clack and the heat mat. Personally I hate heat mats

 

[megrim]

If you're worried about it getting too hot, just buy a heat mat with it's own thermostat. You put the thermostat on top of the pad but below the click clack. I use them to great effect.

 

[wokka]

You should have a thermostat which you can transfer to the adult cage in the future. A 7 watt matt is too small particularly in winter. It will only raise the temperature about 5 degrees above ambient temperature. Your could put a ceramic tile on the heatmat to act as a heatbank which will even out the heat fluctuations.About the only good thing about a click clack is the price, but you get what you pay for. The temperature of clickclacks changes with every breath of wind as they have no thermal mass. A timber cage is far better.

 

[polpii]

I use a 7watt (15cmx18cm) heat mat, it easily hits 33 degrees on my 7litre sistema click clack with a 1.5cm gap for airflow (heat mat came with those nodules to put under clickclack). If i put it straight on my clickclack with no gap for airflow it hits 42 degrees pretty fast.

I put my clickclack on top of my old metal computer tower so it might be a better conductor of heat.

But for a small click clack, 7 watts should be fine. If not go for those green covered heat mats and pop the clickclack straight on it, it wont burn the plastic.

And yes get a thermostat, 100 bucks but saves you time and electricity

 

[AUSGECKO]

Get yourself a larger heat mat and grab a thermostat while your at it, best investment you`ll ever make

 

[RichB]

Get yourself a larger heat mat and grab a thermostat while your at it, best investment you`ll ever make

Thanks all for your advice.

Geck82 - I have been and bought a bigger heatmat with higher wattage (I already had a thermostat in readiness for a bigger enclosure later) and I can now get the temperatures upto and just above 30 and have thermostat to regualte - all good! Thanks!!

*Although the 7w was the right size (dimensions) it just wasn't having enough of an effect.

 

[wokka]

I use a 7watt (15cmx18cm) heat mat, it easily hits 33 degrees on my 7litre sistema click clack with a 1.5cm gap for airflow (heat mat came with those nodules to put under clickclack). If i put it straight on my clickclack with no gap for airflow it hits 42 degrees pretty fast.

I put my clickclack on top of my old metal computer tower so it might be a better conductor of heat.

But for a small click clack, 7 watts should be fine. If not go for those green covered heat mats and pop the clickclack straight on it, it wont burn the plastic.

And yes get a thermostat, 100 bucks but saves you time and electricity

I am amazed that a 7 watt heat mat achieves 42C in the clickclack. I can only assume the ambient temperature must have been particularly high at the time.

 

[seumas12345]

Higher wattage = higher heat

 

[luvezit]

you could try a ceramic tile in the click-clack, it holds the heat better than plastic

 

[Bax155]

I myself have a Bredli in a 7lt Sistema click clack and it sits directly on a 16"x12" 21watt Microclimate heatmat, I also use a thermostat and it sits on 32c all day, during our recent heat wave temps sat on 34c, so I recomend you get a better heatnat or higher wattage!!

 

[RichB]

I myself have a Bredli in a 7lt Sistema click clack and it sits directly on a 16"x12" 21watt Microclimate heatmat, I also use a thermostat and it sits on 32c all day, during our recent heat wave temps sat on 34c, so I recomend you get a better heatnat or higher wattage!!

Bax, I now have a 20w mat which is acheiving much better temps betweem 30 - 32.

 

[Bax155]

Great!! You got any pics of your Bredli?? I can never get enough!!