Lars Racks

Here are some pics of my racks. the first hold the URO and Herbie the new corn. The second holds two of my balls. It will hold two more balls in two weeks, intervention or not!

URO and Corn Rack

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Ball rack
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I need some advice on my racks.

On the bottom rack you see in the pics my temps are way off. I noticed my BPs have been staying on the cool side for the most part so I did some investigating. I put the thermostat right over the flexwatt. I have an 1' x 1' piece under each tub. My temps under the tubs are 125F. I know this is no good. My temps on the cool side are roght on. I just lowered my temps on the thermostat and will be chekcing them often to see of the hot side will go down.

They are 41qt tubs with newspaper substrate and the flexwatt is taped to the bottom of the tub. I am about ready to put the whole rack on a dimmer switch. The temps are monitored almot 24/7 here so that isn't really an issue. Any suggestions?

I guess I am lucky to have had all 5 snakes eat on Monday.

you need a thermostat, proportional stats are best.


i have ordered thermostats from here, no problems and great to deal with.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/store/home.php?cat=250


vaughn

Thanks for that link Vaughn. Mike and I are going to order that Helix DBS1000 (grounded as I assume this is preferred). I was quite pleased to find that Helix are considered top of the line yet are quite reasonably priced.

We're considering their new racks as well. Very nice looking and as far as I can see a quite reasonable price. Any experience with their new/older models? Wonder if they will be doing a slightly bigger one though as I'm wondering if the largest bins are okay for my biggest females (sorry to hijack your thread a bit Lars).


~~Jo~~

hey jo, i picked up these racks recently and got to visit the shop. these are very well made and incredibly solid. i can slide out tubs with my pinky and stand on this rack if i wanted too.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=22&de=390736

he makes these to fit 6qt,32qt and 41 qt sterilite tubs.


vaughn

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Originally Posted by kavmon

you need a thermostat, proportional stats are best.


i have ordered thermostats from here, no problems and great to deal with.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/store/home.php?cat=250


vaughn

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I just bought my Helix from them too! :)

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Originally Posted by kavmon

hey jo, i picked up these racks recently and got to visit the shop. these are very well made and incredibly solid. i can slide out tubs with my pinky and stand on this rack if i wanted too.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=22&de=390736

he makes these to fit 6qt,32qt and 41 qt sterilite tubs.


vaughn

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hehehe! And I'm ordering that later this month! LOL