Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?
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Originally Posted by
Mr. Misha
No, you are NOT providing good information. Why post that the panels are certified, when they are not? I also asked you whether you had experience with RBI panels. You dodged that question as well.
The last thing I want to do is "debate" you. However, I'm going to call you out if what you're posting is incorrect. I
1) I am giving great info thank you.
2) Pro Panels ARE certified and now your posting Nonsense.
3) I didn't dodge your questions on purpose, I was here to give information to the (OP) that asked questions about something I have several years experience with....you some how took us on a trip around the world.
4) Not sure what that article link is but Ive played Prick games with you quite long enough. Take care now.
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Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?
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Originally Posted by
casedbhloe
Hi all,
first post. I'm a new snake mom, I just got my baby this month. I'm having trouble keeping the temp in the cage up now that the weather has turned.
I'd like to buy a radiant heat panel but I'm not quite sure how to mount it. I have a 20 gallon glass tank with a metal screen on top and I'm not sure that I can screw it in anywhere as the reptilebasics site seems to imply.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to mount a RHP over a metal screen?
Thanks a million,
my cold snake and I
My snake has outgrown this setup, but I had a 80-watt Reptile Basics RHP on a 20-gallon tank when he was little. I cut a couple of pieces of scrap wood that reached all the way across the screen top, and screwed the RHP into the wood through the screen. This is also handy because the RHP covered up screen that would have to be covered anyway to maintain humidity. The bulk of the panel wouldn't let the lid sit all the way down, so I added extra scrap pieces of wood around the edges to block any gaps the snake could have gotten through and so there was something solid for the lid to rest on. It was all held on with a luggage strap. Not the most elegant solution, but my snake lived in it for less than a year until I built his big viv, and it was quick and easy using only scrap.
With very marginally more difficulty, you could just make a new lid out of plywood that you could mount the panel to.
For what it's worth, in the big viv I have the same panel mounted under a platform partway up. That brings it closer to the ground, makes an additional warm spot on top of the shelf (and there's some insulation between the panel and the shelf so the shelf doesn't get over 90°, and it means that less heat is lost through the top of the viv. Since my house gets below 60° in the winter, that's important.
