converting home t stat 4 your herp cage.

[new2BP]

kind of curious to know if it would be pissible to convert or use a digital thermostat that you use in a home, and use it for your herp cage. its gotta be possible for someone who has knowledge about electrical wiring.

[Python-77]

Oh I'm sure its possible just about anything is possible but how cost effective woud it be.

[new2BP]

well i can buy a digital thermostate for a home at walmart for 30$. just trying to save a few dollars, and if its possible why not. the only draw back is that i will need to keep the tstat in the tank where as a tstat made for reptiles have probes.

[daniel1983]

IMO...you are just asking for trouble trying to convert a home tstat for asking for trouble. If you spend the $30 for the household digital thermostat you will also have to buy something to supply it power and you will not be able have the probe option. For an additional $35-40 you could get one that is ready to go and will work properly. in my experience being 'cheap' just ends up costing more money down the road.

[kavmon]

you can do this, i have my herp room on a household digital tstat. you need the thermostat, a transformer to convert 120v to 24v, a relay or contactor to control the heat source. all in all around 50 bucks worth of parts total. you can get a ranco or johnsons control tstat already wired up for a little more than that. the only reason i did mine was because the parts were free and so was the labor ( i do hvac work)


vaughn

[new2BP]

well i have not left out the fact that i will still not get a johnson system or ranco etc, but i am just trying to way my options out.

[justcage]

well i have not left out the fact that i will still not get a johnson system or ranco etc, but i am just trying to way my options out.

HUH?