heat mat

[snakeitup]

hey guys whats the best wattage heat mat to be used on a shelving system for plastic tubs to sit on? i see the herp shop has 65watt, 70 watts and 35 watts?
cheers

 

[peterjohnson64]

Hi Snakeitup. No-one posted an answer and I don't have a clue. Probably best to speak directly to the herp shop if you haven't already done this. We were all too busy with striped coastals.

 

[yommy]

I'd go the lower heat first to see what temps you get or want to achieve, be aware that to high a heat with direct contact can effect the plastic if in contact, better to be safe then sorry

 

[pugsly]

pm bigguy or shaneaussiepythons they are 2 i know that use that system who might be able to help

 

[africancichlidau]

Mate give us a few more details of your setup, such as what size / type of tubs, distance between the shelves, hanging or sitting tubs,is the system to use a stat, is it double or single tub per depth of shelf etc? If you give us this info we can give you some back that has a fair chance of being correct.
e.g. I use 65W for single depth and 35W for double depth, (due to the width of the heat tape), both obtainable from the herp shop here:


'MULTI-HEAT' FLEXIBLE HEATING ELEMENT
Available in a variety of sizes and watt densities to heat cage floors, shelves etc. on which cages/plastic containers etc. are to be placed.
Like the above heat mats, it is necessary to control the first two with a probe thermostat and/or rheostat and advisable, for accuracy, for the lower wattage element (ELE035S2-330) as well.

I use mine through a combination of stat and dimmer both also available from the herp shop.

Hope this helps.

 

[snakeitup]

thanks for the input so far,
afro the distance between shelves it 12cm it is a double depth shelving system on a probe thermostat. The shelves are 60 cm deep, the tubs are sitting and are 24cm long x 18wide x 8high

thanks guys

jimmy

 

[snakeitup]

what do you think Afro?

 

[snakeitup]

any ideas? :roll: