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[EscortNreg]

haha! So now, if she hits the roof you can say "Well, you cant make it homeless now can you, thats just heartless"

 

But still, thats you without sex for a long time now so hope its worth it haha!!

 

So, Nreg, if you still have that crib going then I can grab it soon, and maybe see if I can help with the temp issues if you want

 

 

meh its been a ear now, another week without sex just means the internet gets a hammering instead lol

 

she just text me and seems ok with it, lets see how she looks when i construct 2 6 foot vivs in the bedroom tho!

 

ooohhh she just offered to pay for it for my 21st next month result!

 

Result!!

 

88 We also have a Blue baby bath with anti slip rubber bottom (from Ikea) was only used a couple of times... We also have an Advent electric steriliser...

 

You can have it all for £30 if ya want (including crib)

 

And any help sorting out my temps is appreciated!

 

I need to whipe the lid off again and move the heater right over to the left.. I just aint had the chance yet...

[88-XR3i]

hmmmm....still sounds good, but maybe we can sort summin out, probably be friday if your around from 12.30, if not then we will arrange something else

 

pm me about this rather than us fill up this thread bud

 

but im still happy to try help with the snake set up if you need

 

i have an idea what your problem is though

Edited March 22, 2010 by 88-XR3i

[EscortNreg]

What you reckon my problem is?

[KNITERIDER]

shame you dont live near me, I have some huge pieces of wood that im not using just yet, would be perfect for a large viv

 

was going to use it for my iggy eventually, but he is still a nipper so putting him in such a large viv would probably make him feel lost lol!

 

 

thatd be really handy as well especially if its treated as i can get branches but then have to faff treating them....grrrr distances!

[88-XR3i]

personally, I may be wrong, but I feel your using too much a powerful heat lamp for a smaller area, which means your always going to fight to keep the heat down, I reckon you need to change to either a red lamp, or a mat

 

if not your only going to be adding everything to it to help bring it down, a ceramic is only really good when your using a large area to heat

[EscortNreg]

personally, I may be wrong, but I feel your using too much a powerful heat lamp for a smaller area, which means your always going to fight to keep the heat down, I reckon you need to change to either a red lamp, or a mat

 

if not your only going to be adding everything to it to help bring it down, a ceramic is only really good when your using a large area to heat

 

 

Maybe so... But its what i was advised to use... Wasn't i ROSS!!!! lol

[KNITERIDER]

personally, I may be wrong, but I feel your using too much a powerful heat lamp for a smaller area, which means your always going to fight to keep the heat down, I reckon you need to change to either a red lamp, or a mat

 

if not your only going to be adding everything to it to help bring it down, a ceramic is only really good when your using a large area to heat

 

 

the size doesnt matter as the stat will only let it get as hot as it needs so bigger is better in most cases as you use less electric

[88-XR3i]

well ceramics are good, but they are better with a pulse stat as that does exactly that, so can help keep the temps lower and instead of "turning down" the heat, it turns it off until its needed, which can help with the ambient temp in between switch ons (if you get what I mean)

 

Whereas with a heat bulb on a dimmer, it turns the light up and down, kind of like the light in the living room when using a dimmer switch, so it helps the temps go up and down when needed

 

Just out of interest, have you got a normal bulb? Not an energy saver though? (Minimum of 60w)

 

if so, try that out of interest, see if it does anything

[KNITERIDER]

personally, I may be wrong, but I feel your using too much a powerful heat lamp for a smaller area, which means your always going to fight to keep the heat down, I reckon you need to change to either a red lamp, or a mat

 

if not your only going to be adding everything to it to help bring it down, a ceramic is only really good when your using a large area to heat

 

 

Maybe so... But its what i was advised to use... Wasn't i ROSS!!!! lol

 

i think moving the stat probe and redirecting the heat will sort it personallyis the viv too close to the wall not letting the heat out and is anything ontop or underneath the viv?

 

well ceramics are good, but they are better with a pulse stat as that does exactly that, so can help keep the temps lower and instead of "turning down" the heat, it turns it off until its needed, which can help with the ambient temp in between switch ons (if you get what I mean)

 

Whereas with a heat bulb on a dimmer, it turns the light up and down, kind of like the light in the living room when using a dimmer switch, so it helps the temps go up and down when needed

 

Just out of interest, have you got a normal bulb? Not an energy saver though? (Minimum of 60w)

 

if so, try that out of interest, see if it does anything

 

 

the stat idea maybe a winner, as to the bulb, im not 100% on this, but dont snakes see things alot slower to us meaning the constant flickering (ac current) actually drives the snakes a bit mad and can do some damage? i know this can be the case with certain led's etc.

[88-XR3i]

my large vivs are all near a wall and never give me any problem

 

I still cant help thing that the ceramic is the problem as they generate heat all over, rather than directing it as they get dam hot!

 

Just to add a message to knightrider, please dont think im going against anything your saying, I just feel its good to get ideas from both sides, im not saying your ideas are wrong, just different, and hopefully between us, we can come up with something to help...I feel that having 2 views is better than being 1 minded

 

the bulb idea is just a try, if it works then change to a heat bulb after, this will jsut give him the trial to see if it works

 

plus on a dimmer, it wont flicker

Edited March 22, 2010 by 88-XR3i

[EscortNreg]

What im going to do is insulate the bulb cover. all 4 sides will be insulated and foiled so all the heat be rebound inside and the only place for the heat to go is down, so it will all be directed down at the probe and will make a nice hot spot but reduce heat spreading...

 

That and moving it as far over as it goes should help resolve the problem.

 

If not i will look to seeling the dimming stat and buying a pulse stat from the money made.

 

I want to be able to control the lighting (timing etc) so i dont wana a heat bulb in there really...

 

Lets just hope it works! lol

[88-XR3i]

you can control all of that! Honestly, a bulb isnt a bad thing, my royal has been on it for 3 years and is fit and healthy

 

See, a dimmer on a ceramic is a bit like an oven with hot plates, you turn the heat off but they are still red hot for a while after, so to get it to lower the heat takes a while, so the heat will be up and down as it will be difficult to regulate in a small viv, as I have researched, a ceramic is best in a large 3ft minimum set up, any smaller then a bulb or mat is better

 

with a bulb, the dimmer turns the light heat down, then up depending on the heat in the tank, which can regulate the heat better and easier, then at night you just do as your doing with the corn and drop the night time temp down

 

I cant help think that a bulb on the dimmer in your smaller tank will sort out your temps within minutes!

 

plus, heat rises, so you point it down it will still come back up! As you need an "ambient" temp, not a basking spot

Edited March 22, 2010 by 88-XR3i

[EscortNreg]

you can control all of that! Honestly, a bulb isnt a bad thing, my royal has been on it for 3 years and is fit and healthy

 

See, a dimmer on a ceramic is a bit like an oven with hot plates, you turn the heat off but they are still red hot for a while after, so to get it to lower the heat takes a while, so the heat will be up and down as it will be difficult to regulate in a small viv, as I have researched, a ceramic is best in a large 3ft minimum set up, any smaller then a bulb or mat is better

 

with a bulb, the dimmer turns the light heat down, then up depending on the heat in the tank, which can regulate the heat better and easier, then at night you just do as your doing with the corn and drop the night time temp down

 

I cant help think that a bulb on the dimmer in your smaller tank will sort out your temps within minutes!

 

plus, heat rises, so you point it down it will still come back up! As you need an "ambient" temp, not a basking spot

 

But i have spent £20 on a friggin ceramic heater!!!!!!!! lol

[KNITERIDER]

my large vivs are all near a wall and never give me any problem

 

I still cant help thing that the ceramic is the problem as they generate heat all over, rather than directing it as they get dam hot!

 

Just to add a message to knightrider, please dont think im going against anything your saying, I just feel its good to get ideas from both sides, im not saying your ideas are wrong, just different, and hopefully between us, we can come up with something to help...I feel that having 2 views is better than being 1 minded

 

the bulb idea is just a try, if it works then change to a heat bulb after, this will jsut give him the trial to see if it works

 

plus on a dimmer, it wont flicker

 

 

no problems chap, i prefer different opinions and you may well be rite, mine back onto a wall but i have an inch or so gap for heat to escape, its amazing how much it vents, my rooms usually freezing i dont even need the radiator on now!

 

good comparison with hot plates i didnt think of it like that perhaps a change in stat may help, but id let him try his insulating first as it may work and saves the pennys!

[88-XR3i]

still doubt insulating will help, heat rises so eventually the ambient temp will be back to normal over a period of time

 

in my view, the biggest errors are: ceramic heater with a dimmer instead of pulse, and ceramic in a smaller place

 

maybe in a viv for a burm, full grown iguana, carpet python etc

 

but for a small viv for just a corn is way ott! They need a lower temp in heat, and are very hardy creatures which is why, most people, put them in a smaller viv with just a heat mat and mat stat...This is what my older corn was on and he lived for years! With the previous owner, and myself. If it were something like a royal upwards, then I would of advised a larger viv with a ceramic and pulse stat, reason being is larger snakes tend to prefer more heat, and the space gets warmer with a ceramic

 

I still believe, trying a household bulb for 2 hours (during the day so the light wont disturb him) and checking the temps, if im right then the overall warm and cold temps will be different. If it isnt, then there may be something wrong about the viv not letting the air circulate as a bulb wont give off as much all round temp as a ceramic as a ceramic gives heat off differently