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?

Yeah Thats my thinking of it. I just went and checked... 75.5-75.9 as the reading i got throughout the room and closet. Plus im sure with the door pretty much closed the heat from the UTH's will raise the temp in the room some too bringing everything up to what should be acceptable temps.

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Originally Posted by yeti2k3

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.

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When you are using an UTH i believe you are dependant on room temp to get yoru ambient temps correct.

My 28qt setup with a UTH in a 75 degree room will have an ambient temp of 76 at best.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

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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This is what I do, as well.

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"What if the room is the size of a closet that is 40"w x 40"d x 8feet tall."

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LOL, how did a 3.5 ft. X 3.5 ft. closet suddenly become a room? That's still barely a closet.
Regardless of the size of the closet you're housing your stuff in, you need an ambient air temp that will facilitate the thermostat in obtaining the proper temps in the bins. ANY thermostat can only increase the temp of a hot spot roughly 20 degrees above the ambient air temps, and even then, it's working at maximum capacity. Your room will need to be at LEAST 75.

haha i know its not a room. LEts call it the extremly small snake closet :) Anyway I completely understand what you are saying. My home is always 75 and the room im keeping them in is normaly 78 if i dont run a fan. So the closet should work none the less. Time will tell if i try to use it or not.