RHP Heating?

[Jon14]

I am thinking of buying a AP T8, and dividing it to potentially hold 2 BPs. Will a 40 watt RHP from RBI be able to heat both sides in a 60° room , or should I just get the 80 watt? Note that I have a herpstat 2.

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[L.West]

I have the same setup and Reptile Basics suggested a 40 watt rhp for each side although my room never falls below 70 degrees

[chrid16371]

Pro products told me to get a 40w 11 3/4x12 1/4 for a v221 28x22x14 and I told them it can get down to 60 degrees. I know your ordering from reptile basics but it should work the same. I may be ordering the 40w from RBI myself to save money but I wanted to see what pro products had to say first so I knew which size to buy no matter who I bought it from.

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[LittleTreeGuy]

I have a T8 divided. You will need a 40w RHP for each side. one won't cut it. Even if I was just housing one snake in a T8, I think I'd either want two 40's or one 80w RHP. If your room was a steady 75+, you MIGHT be able to get away with one 40w, but that's a big maybe.

Getting two 40w's up front is a little more money, but great piece of mind. I like having the two 40w's in mine. Now I have the option of running it as one enclosure, or two.

[Jon14]

Now that I reread my OP, it does sound like I am asking if a 40 watt could heat the entire thing. I actually want to know if it could handle one side, so I would need 2 of them.

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[LittleTreeGuy]

Gotcha. Yep, one per side is sufficient. I have my enclosure in a room that stays around 68F. I have my 40w RHP on a herpstat II, and aside from the first time I plugged it in, I've never seen it running over 70%. I have mine slightly off-center on each side and that creates a gradient of about 8-10 degrees. I also have heat tape, but it rarely ever comes on at all.

[Jon14]

Gotcha. Yep, one per side is sufficient.

Even at plain 60°?

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[chrid16371]

Even at plain 60°?

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Like I said in my above post pro-products said that a 40w would work in a room that is 60*F for a 28x22x12 so that would be a tiny bit bigger then half a T8 so you should be good. I know your getting a reptile basics rhp but they both are 40w and the RBI is a tiny bit bigger so they will perform with similar results. Getting the 80w you would have no gradient, idk what the inner dimensions are of the t8 but you might be able to have 80w length run the width of the cage. That's if 22.5 will fit in the inside. But the thing is that your not suppose to have the rhp right against a wall, there should be a little gap and that would be a problem with the 80w. I trust what pro-products told me bc of there years and years experience and I also trust reptile basics quality to deliver the same results bc of all the research I did bc I will be purchasing the 40w rbi as well for a room that gets down to 60.

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[Jon14]

Actually, the 40 watt RHP would be 1/4 (12.5" x 12.5") of the cage, the 80 watt (12.5" x 22.5") would be half of the cage.

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[chrid16371]

Actually, the 40 watt RHP would be 1/4 (12.5" x 12.5") of the cage, the 80 watt (12.5" x 22.5") would be half of the cage.

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Yes I realized that then couldn't edit but with the divider you lose half inch and then you lose another 1 inch in material bc cages are listed with outside dimensions. So 48 - 1.5= 46.5 ÷ 2= 23.25 so that gives you 3/4 of an inch if you mount it on the back wall. If you mounted it so the 22.5 goes width wise of the cage you would only get half inch of room 24 width minus 1 inch in material gives you 23. Animal plastics states that dimensions are exact so you gotta hope they give you exact or more and not less or you will have no room for the 80w. Plus reptile basics says you cannot mount within 6 inches of any surface, I'm sure people do but it will void warranty if you do and something goes wrong. You would probably get away with 4 inches from a surface but you wouldn't be able to mount the 80w even an inch away from a surface.

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