As Wokka says, using those devices (ceramics, globes) is about the most wasteful, inefficient and expensive way to heat your reptiles (lizards other than geckos excepted - they need light). Heat mats or heat cords are way more efficient, and give the snakes something warm to lie on, so you get a direct transmission of warmth from source to the animal with very little loss to the air before the animal absorbs the heat it needs. They also indirectly increase the ambient air temperature in the enclosure as a side benefit, rather than heating the air from which the snake has to then absorb warmth. This is very wasteful.
Jamie
I use thermostats on all my heating for safety reasons. Its really cold right now and i have a very young dragon that needs night time heat. Thinking maybe some heat mats for the snakes are the way to go and leave the hungry heat lamp for the one dragon.
I have 2 more snakes coming up soon so might even heat mat/cord them too.
Tumbleweed- I have noticed your really positive comments are doing well with the whole making friends thing.....
I think the problem is that people dont link power usage with environmental damage. Generally the short term benefits of dollars to the "lucky" few who mine the coal is considerred rather than the long term damage which often lasts forever and effects the whole nation. A handfull of miner get big bucks whilst the rest of the community are left with the long term legacy.Education starts at home and hpefully that will flow on to industrial users.Its a shame that users only consider efficency when the dollar value of power increases.Your kidding yourself if you think a few lights and heaters will make a difference to the environment. It would be like trying to empty the ocean one bucket at a time. The problem is industry. High rise offices running thousands of lights, heating and cooling, lifts, escalators, etc. Street lighting, shop fronts, trains and trams, the amount of power to heat or cool your local shopping centre is massive! then there's manufacturing with massive motors, AC, conveyors, power tools, industrial ovens, etc etc.. People always bring it back to domestic responsibility, but really this doesnt even account for 25% of power usage. Same with water... Any difference the domestic sector makes is gobbled up by industry. To make a difference we need to target the big energy users.
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I didn't join the forum to make "friends" and I definitely didn't join to do a breakdown of someone's power bill, especially when there are numerous energy calculators as well as all the information on your bill. A little bit of initiative goes a long way.
Industry is well aware of their use and the consequences They don't lack education it's just that they are driven by greed. You will sooner hold back the tide than stop industry. A lot of generators and turbines chew the same amount of fuel regardless of how much current is being drawn. I'm not sure if the amount of coal used is proportional to the amount of power being consumed at anyone time. Or if it simply pumps out 33kv all the time. In which case using less electricity won't stop the amount of coal being burnt. Unless they can reduce the number of turbines.I think the problem is that people dont link power usage with environmental damage. Generally the short term benefits of dollars to the "lucky" few who mine the coal is considerred rather than the long term damage which often lasts forever and effects the whole nation. A handfull of miner get big bucks whilst the rest of the community are left with the long term legacy.Education starts at home and hpefully that will flow on to industrial users.Its a shame that users only consider efficency when the dollar value of power increases.
I didn't join the forum to make "friends" and I definitely didn't join to do a breakdown of someone's power bill, especially when there are numerous energy calculators as well as all the information on your bill. A little bit of initiative goes a long way.
what kind of dragon is it? i dont heat any of mine overnight now, i have central beardies. the only overnight heat i use is for hatchies, and only for the first week max, even that is only a 20w heat mat. then it's 12 hrs on 12hrs off for heat and uv. also try lowering the wattage of heat bulbs used. i have dropped down to 40w spotlight globes , focussed onto dark rocks or slate tiles. gets a good 40+ basking spot,keeps a warm end, and the rest of the enclosure is just ambient room temp. my womas only have 25w heat cord under slate tile and that is 12on 12off for winter, the biggest bulb i have is just a 75w ceramic, used to heat a 4x4x2 enclosure, i have found anything higher is just overkill. temps here have been pretty cold, and all my juvie dragons are still growing fine, eating well. my juvie pythons are are eating well .
my spa and beer fridge draw way more power than our animals enclosures ,so instead of selling the pets we put solar panels up when the government was silly and giving away 66 cents per Kw ,with 2 kids 5 enclosures and the rest our bills were $0 for a few years but they are getting towards $100 a quarter now
"Pathec"?then dont bother wasting my or anyone elses time by posting pathec comments. This is a forum for people to help one another, not shoot down because you happen to know how everthing in the world works. Grow up and dont reply to this thread!
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