Tub Heating Questions

I have looked in a lot of places and have not been able to find a specific answer to a question i have. When using a tub setup. IS the ONLY heat source UTH? Or do you have to keep the room they are in at 80-85 as well?

I see alot of ppl using tubs.. and im thinking are they all keeping the whole room 80-85 or are the tubs small enough that the heat from the UTH is enough to up the air temp inside the tubs as well. Thanks for your help.

I think you would have to play around with house hold temps to see what you get.

Cool Side = 80-83
Warm Side = 90-93

The room temp in my snake area is 78-80 degrees

If I don't keep the temps up at 78 my cool end ambient won't stay ot or over 78.

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Originally Posted by hunter94

I think you would have to play around with house hold temps to see what you get.

Cool Side = 80-83
Warm Side = 90-93

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Cool side 78-80
Warm side 86-87
hot spot 90-93

I never let my warm end get over 90

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Cool side 78-80
Warm side 86-87
hot spot 90-93

I never let my warm end get over 90

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Yea, when I said Warm Side I meant the warmest part of the tank.

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Originally Posted by hunter94

Yea, when I said Warm Side I meant the warmest part of the tank.

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I took it that way, but it wasn't typed that way :P

Hmmm.. Makes sense. Lets take it a step further.. What if the room is the size of a closet that is 40"w x 40"d x 8feet tall. I have this old closet of mine that i dont use anymore. IT has 8 shelves built in it already. The other day i got the idea....hmmmmm maybe i can switch this into a snake room. But im unsure how i would heat it up....without a heater duct. As far as ventilation goes under the door is a good 2inch gap as well as all the way around it is not a tight fit haha. I can also put a fan inside. I suppose i could just run a light inside and see what kinda temps i get. I just wanna make sure i dont start growin mold. This might be a trial and error project with a made up cage and no snake in it to see what its possible of handling.

I keep my room at about 75* which makes the ambient temp in the tub just a bit higher then that.

My hot spot is at 92-93*. Everybody eats poops and sheds normally.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

I keep my room at about 75* which makes the ambient temp in the tub just a bit higher then that.

My hot spot is at 92-93*. Everybody eats poops and sheds normally.

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Well thats about the tempature of my room.. the closet is in that room. This is starting to look like a doable thing as long as i can figure out how to make sure its not toooooo stuffy in my closet so mold doesnt grow.

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Originally Posted by yeti2k3

Well thats about the tempature of my room.. the closet is in that room. This is starting to look like a doable thing as long as i can figure out how to make sure its not toooooo stuffy in my closet so mold doesnt grow.

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A circulating fan? Leave the door open?