I was really confused by the question because the OP is asking for a thin heater that will do ambient temps. Really the choices for heating are heat lamp CHE and UTH. 2 if which by no means are thin.
09-13-2012, 07:50 PM
BleedingOrange36
I think the OP may be referring to a ceramic room heater. I have a Delonghi heater I picked up at home depot. It is about 3inches deep as 24"x 22" maybe... They are a great heater, but should be closely monitored. Mine started sparking and making a weird smell after if accumulated a little dust in storage. I have taken it out of commission but will be purchasing another one soon.
09-13-2012, 08:06 PM
Gpoop
What about a radiant heat panel?
09-13-2012, 09:00 PM
gruneaugen86
Radiant heat panel is the slimmest ambient temp heater I can think of - at least, they're thinner than lights or CHEs.
Radiant heat ... Panel. Radiant heat does not effect ambient temps. Radiant by definition heats objects not air. Little to no effect on air temps.
Che or any light (every) electric light on the market heats air. convection sources goldenrod heaters too.
The smallest I can think of are high output led panels. Likely the best would be fld tubes.
The logical question is why are you looking for a small convection heat source what are you trying to do?
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09-14-2012, 07:14 AM
BleedingOrange36
I think the OP forgot about his question..... I now realized he prob wasn't looking for a room heater so disregard my previous post.
It's hard to help someone when they post a vague question, then vanish.....
09-14-2012, 07:31 AM
darthkevin
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It's hard to help someone when they post a vague question, then vanish.....
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09-14-2012, 07:54 AM
hypnotixdmp
Minus the fact he's not replying anymore, I understood exactly what he was asking for :P
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09-15-2012, 12:21 AM
Chris Yi
Re: thin heater
Is it important to heat the room temperature AND the base of the tank as well? I do have a UTH and a cheap lamp, but I thought one would suffice. Would you say that having both on the basking side, with the air temp and the base glass temp at 90-95 be ideal?:confusd:
09-15-2012, 01:57 AM
martin82531
Re: thin heater
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Originally Posted by Chris Yi
Is it important to heat the room temperature AND the base of the tank as well? I do have a UTH and a cheap lamp, but I thought one would suffice. Would you say that having both on the basking side, with the air temp and the base glass temp at 90-95 be ideal?:confusd:
There are two temperatures inside your enclosure you need focus on. One is the surface temp, this is generally going to be the hot side of you tank directly above your UTH. Make note, when measuring the surface temperature you need to measure directly above the UTH, don't measure above the substrate as this temperature is usually lower and if you snake burrows, depending on your temps, it could cause harm to your ball. The second temp is the ambient temperature or "room temperature" of your ball enclosure, you want this around 80 degrees.
