Hey all, I am finally moving out of a tiny apartment and into a real house! However, its a small house, built in 1921 and there isn't a lot of open wall space. So I was looking at getting one of the stainless steel industrial shelves (60" L, 24" D, 72" H) with wire shelves to stack my critters. The ball python is in a AP T11 and both geckos are in AP T8's.
Anyone know if having three cages each with CHE's and Heat mats + thermostats on one outlet will over draw the power? I have a lot of fire anxiety. The wiring in that part of the house was redone and updated in the late 70's.
Snake total wattage: 24 watt UTH, 1 100 Watt CHE, and 1 150 watt CHE, LED lights: ~275 watts
Geckos total wattage each: 16 watt UTH, 1 60 watt CHE, UVBs 17watt and UVB 15watt: ~185 watts
so about 460ish watts total when running all the things at full power (the gecko's CHEs are only on in the winter, and the snakes are on dimmers depending on season). Online it says that most wall outlets can handle 1800-2400 watts, so I think I'll be fine - so one question answered lol
I also want to get a surge protector and don't know if its best to have just the thermostats on it or the thermostats and CHE's (the che's are on dimmer's right now, but i will be adding another herpstat for them at some point).
Finally, is there any issue with have multiple species one over the other? I've had everyone for years, and all three just had their annual exams at the vet and passed with flying colors. The ball python was going to be on the lower shelf because the cats don't care about him but love to try and swat the geckos is they can get near the cages :/
No cage is too large - nature is the best template - a snoot can't be booped too much
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