terrestrial gecko rack

how much do you have in the rack with heating and everything did you put the flex watt togeather your self or what

well like i said the drawers were about $6-8 each depending on size. the flexwatt i ordered from mgreptiles.com a while back already wired up and everything. i don't remember exactly what it cost but going by the prices on his site, maybe $10 per pre-wired strip cut to fit the larger drawers (1.5 feet of tape)? (i have no idea if that's right the way i figured though really, you'd have to ask matt :).)

It would run ya 11.47 for a 1.5" strip of 3" flexwatt:)

Emily,

It looks as if the flexwatt you have installed on those drawers covers quite a bit of the floor of the drawer unit itself; are you finding that you don't have much of a cool-side and the flexwatt is heating the entire enclosure too much, or does the heating stay concentrated to it's particular area of the drawer like it should, especially in the smaller units?

I was looking at some of these in more detail last night, and was thinking if having the flexwatt in the back of the drawer (as opposed to the side, as you have it) would be easier to control hot- and cool-sides. What do you think?

I appreciate the feedback and photos!
Aaron

Edit to add: do you remember which quart-sizes those two types of drawers were?

You can run 11" flexwatt down the inside back of those chests pretty easy

back heat would be a good option as well, i just didn't consider that for this rack since i already had the pre-wired strips on hand. there is still a nice gradient and definite cool side, it is just slightly warmer (1-2 degrees) on the cool side of the smaller drawers than the larger ones (they are all on the same thermostat). running the tape vertically through the drawer seemed like the best option with the tape wired the way i have it but back heat would definitely be doable i think if you drill/solder/cut an opening for the cord to come out through the back. i think the drawer fits too snugly for the cord to be run across the bottom and through the openings there.