Anybody else struggle to keep temps up in AP cages?

[andrewross8705]

Finally assembled all three AP cages. Two T8s and one T10. I'm trying to get the temps set on the T10 right now and I can't get the floor above 84-85. Does anybody else have this problem?

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[RickyNY]

What thermostat you got?

[EL-Ziggy]

I use a combination of UTHs and CHEs for my AP cages so I don't have any temp issues. How are you heating yours?

[andrewross8705]

Well maybe I'm just impatient and it needed more than 12 hours to get to the temps I needed. It's now above 90 so I turned the thermostat down and we'll see if it levels off or if I need to keep tweaking it. I do have a CHE on the other end as the room I'll be keeping all three cages is in is on the cooler side.

[Sauzo]

Why would you use a CHE over a RHP in a PVC cage? Seems to kind of defeat the whole purpose of going PVC as bolting a RHP to the roof of the PVC cage is much easier and safer. I see the point of a CHE on a tank where bolting a RHP to the roof would be a pain as you would first have to fabricate a roof.

[andrewross8705]

Why would you use a CHE over a RHP in a PVC cage? Seems to kind of defeat the whole purpose of going PVC as bolting a RHP to the roof of the PVC cage is much easier and safer. I see the point of a CHE on a tank where bolting a RHP to the roof would be a pain as you would first have to fabricate a roof.

The CHE is sitting on a cutout with a mesh grill that was cut by AP. I find this to be easier than using an RHP as well as more cost effective given my current finances.

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[Sauzo]

The CHE is sitting on a cutout with a mesh grill that was cut by AP. I find this to be easier than using an RHP as well as more cost effective given my current finances.

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Fair enough.