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17-06-2013, 04:50 PM
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which thermostat?
Hi i hope to have my new outside tortoise house by the end of the week, its fully insulated so i was thinking now about heating/lighting.
I am going to put in an arcadia uv flood light, and a basking light for heat but i would like to run basking light off a thermostat. I have an infrared light which i currently use on a dimming stat at night indoors, which i was also going to use outside just in case,does anyone know what stat to reccomend for basking light during the day, or what these day/night stats like? Thanks. |
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18-06-2013, 03:09 PM
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You must use dimming stats with dealing with lamps, otherwise there will be a constant flashing from turning on and off.
It's likely you won't need heating at night, if you do a small tubular heater will work fine on a pulse stat or a temperature stat.
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18-06-2013, 04:40 PM
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Thanks for your reply, i must admit i was looking at the tubular heaters and thinking of putting one in just in case, can I ask would a habistat temperature stat be ok with probe in middle of house.
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18-06-2013, 04:50 PM
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I wouldn't use a basking lamp on a thermostat, it could get confusing for the torte the light going on and off all the time, I would use a timer for a basking lamp and a thermostat for background heating such as a tube heater .
I use a Lucky Reptile Thermo Control II with this I can set daytime and night time settings. http://www.luckyreptile.com/products/145/en/pid1,2$pid2,3336$pid3,7773190/products.html |
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18-06-2013, 04:53 PM
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19-06-2013, 11:49 PM
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I agree with Merlin. A basking lamp on a dimming thermostat can work really well.
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20-06-2013, 10:02 AM
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Well hopefully we wont have to use them anyway for a while if this lovely sunny weather stays like the way it is
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20-06-2013, 11:40 AM
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What's the best dimming stat recommended then ?
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20-06-2013, 12:25 PM
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I use the habistat one...
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20-06-2013, 03:11 PM
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has anyone ever just tried installing an inline dimmer and using a thermometer in the desired hat zone ?
its no different really if you have a room that doesn't vary much
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