almost finished DIY enclosure

[jordan-gibson]

This is an enclosure i built for my MD and have nearly finished it just needs a few minor touchups and for the heating and lighting to be put it.

the dimensions are 1L .6D .5H, for heating i was going to go with a ceramic heat emitter and for lighting i am still unsure, i would love to hear any input on the subject and anything you would like to say or ask is very welcome

 

[Scleropages]

Looks good! I suck at making things otherwise I would have every wall full of enclosures , lol

 

[user 16324]

nice looking enclosure. my MD has a proherp 80w heat panel with a pulsepropotional thermostat. works really well and the heat panel has a 10 year warranty.

 

[jordan-gibson]

Looks good! I suck at making things otherwise I would have every wall full of enclosures , lol

ha ha well i started making this probably about 6 months ago so its not like i will ether

nice looking enclosure. my MD has a proherp 80w heat panel with a pulsepropotional thermostat. works really well and the heat panel has a 10 year warranty.

looks perfect for the enclosure, i was wanting something that wouldn't take up so much hight, might have to cut back my spending if im go to buy it though

 

[user 16324]

yeh they are a bit pricey but think of it this way. with a ten year warranty imagine how many globes you would normally go through in that time.

 

[jordan-gibson]

yea i think i will end up getting one, although it will be a bit hard to fork out that much especially when i dont earn very much and havent even had work for 2 weeks :S
anyways what would you sugest for lighting?

 

[user 16324]

cause it doesnt need uv, you could just use like an LED strip off of ebay. heaps cheap, last forever and produce no heat so you dont need to put a heat cage around it.

 

[jordan-gibson]

yea ill check them out, cheers for the help

 

[jordan-gibson]

hey, i just thought i would post an update on my enclosure, its taken a while but its almost done, installed a light, thermostat and 80w proherp heat pannel

 

[GlennB]

Looks good dude


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[Ozzie Python]

looks really good. i have to get round to building some new enclosures and get rid of the boring old heavy melamine.

what material is that? ply?

 

[saximus]

Looks awesome man. Those cheap thermos look really nice when they're installed like that too

 

[jordan-gibson]

what material is that? ply?

yea i think its like 19mm ply, it was just what was on special at bunnings at the time