Homemade tub setup

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Originally Posted by chrid16371

You can't cut them and screw them into the shelves? I'm trying to imagine what your talking about.

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I think the only option would be to replace the supports with something else completely.

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Originally Posted by skimo281

I think the only option would be to replace the supports with something else completely.

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Is the the threaded part of the support and holes in shelves a little smaller then the non threaded part of the supports? If so you could cut threaded part of supports off and drill out shelves holes until supports fit snug in like you would see on plastic ones. Other then that yeah you would need to make new supports or new shelves.



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Originally Posted by chrid16371

Is the the threaded part of the support and holes in shelves a little smaller then the non threaded part of the supports? If so you could cut threaded part of supports off and drill out shelves holes until supports fit snug in like you would see on plastic ones. Other then that yeah you would need to make new supports or new shelves.



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The male end is smaller but the female end is also larger than the hole in the wood. I've thought about maybe going with pvc couplings in the hole and reducing it down for the supports but I'll more than likely just leave it and go with a different setup the next time I build one.

One question I can't seem to find an answer to though. When my heat tape arrives should I go ahead and wire each level even though I only have two snakes at the moment? Not being able to see the tape physically I'm not sure if it would be more of a hassle to add it and wire it each time I move to another level. Is there any real drawback to doing so besides wasting the heat temporarily?

EDIT: I just re read that sorry. Yeah I guess I could drill the wood to fit the OD of the supports and having access to a mill isn't a terrible idea just not sure how to particle board will hold up.

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Originally Posted by skimo281

The male end is smaller but the female end is also larger than the hole in the wood. I've thought about maybe going with pvc couplings in the hole and reducing it down for the supports but I'll more than likely just leave it and go with a different setup the next time I build one.

One question I can't seem to find an answer to though. When my heat tape arrives should I go ahead and wire each level even though I only have two snakes at the moment? Not being able to see the tape physically I'm not sure if it would be more of a hassle to add it and wire it each time I move to another level. Is there any real drawback to doing so besides wasting the heat temporarily?

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Why won't you be able to see the heat tape? It's up to you if you wanna wire it all. It's pretty easy to add new runs though. People buy premade racks everyday and they come with tape all wired together and only put a couple reptiles in, only drawback is the electricity your wasting lol

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Originally Posted by chrid16371

Why won't you be able to see the heat tape? It's up to you if you wanna wire it all. It's pretty easy to add new runs though. People buy premade racks everyday and they come with tape all wired together and only put a couple reptiles in, only drawback is the electricity your wasting lol

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I meant I've never wired it so without looking at it in front of me I'm having trouble seeing how it would work. It's probably not true but I assumed if I were to add another level I would have to cut some off the heat tape since the connections would be crimped down. At 12 watts per ft that would be around 96 watts total which can't be worse than the big heat lamp I'm running 24/7 currently lol. I'll be happy when this is all done, I'm severely over thinking things.

Wire each shelf separately with it's own plug and only plug in the ones your using so no wasted electricity.

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Originally Posted by Jayare

Wire each shelf separately with it's own plug and only plug in the ones your using so no wasted electricity.

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Then your spending money you don't need to. Yes you could do it that way but you have to buy a plug for each and then either have a multi thermostat or a power strip so you can plug them all into the same thermostat, not to mention all the cords you will have. I do agree it would work but it's not something I would personally do unless I had no other options. Easiest would be to wire them all now so you won't have to redo connections later. Plus you could monitor each level and work out the kinks before you start using the other levels, reason I say this is sometimes you get different temps on different levels so you will have to work out the problem or find a happy medium.

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Originally Posted by skimo281

I meant I've never wired it so without looking at it in front of me I'm having trouble seeing how it would work. It's probably not true but I assumed if I were to add another level I would have to cut some off the heat tape since the connections would be crimped down. At 12 watts per ft that would be around 96 watts total which can't be worse than the big heat lamp I'm running 24/7 currently lol. I'll be happy when this is all done, I'm severely over thinking things.

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Now idk if you can wire it this way and hopefully someone sees this post and can say for sure whether or not you can. I've never done it or seen anyone do it this way but I was thinking you could have the plug on one side and then the other end of the heat tape you could add new wires to when your ready to heat another shelf therefore you won't have tare apart the plug. Like I said I've never done it so don't try it until someone confirms it can. I dont see why not though bc it would be like one long piece of tape except you replaced sections of it with wire, I could be wrong though.

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I got everything wired up and ready to and as I'm warming things up and doing an empty test run my temps are off. I seem to be having the opposite problem as most. The temps in the tubs are going above the thermometer probe temp. I've added a lot of holes trying to drop it but it's barley making a dent. What the hell am I doing wrong?

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I got everything wired up and ready to and as I'm warming things up and doing an empty test run my temps are off. I seem to be having the opposite problem as most. The temps in the tubs are going above the thermometer probe temp. I've added a lot of holes trying to drop it but it's barley making a dent. What the hell am I doing wrong?

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Thermometer probe or thermostat probe?

And where did you put the probe? Sometimes moving the thermostat probe to a different section of the heat tape makes a huge difference.