Heating

[OneEyedFox]

With it being winter time, and cold, we have been running the heater a fair amount in my house. Well we keep my room door shut due to a cat that has a bladder infection (we're taking him back to the vet soon) that likes to pee on EVERYTHING. I don't want my room smelling like cat pee. Well with the heater running so much, it is causing my BPs tank to get too hot 90-100F for ambient temp. I can't just turn off the heat lamp because then it gets to cold, but I have been having to turn it off periodically so the tank doesn't over heat. The humidity is just fine, but the temperature keeps getting too high. We run a fan in my room all the time so it doesn't get to hot. I'm going to run it on high from now on to hopefully help the situation, but do any of you guys have any other ideas? I would just run the heater on a lower setting but my mom won't allow it. Downsides of being a teenager living with a parent. Not my house. Not my rules. Could be worse though, she's just trying to keep us warm.

[predatorkeeper87]

My cheap solution was to build a cylinder out of 1/2 inch hardware cloth about 8 inches tall, and rest the heat lamp bulb inside the opening at the top, it moves the light far enough away that the ambient and hotspots drop by almost 8 F for me. I have a dimmer switch on the light as well, it takes a bit of calculation/trial but you get a good, steady temp after messing with it.

[chakup]

Dimmer switch or thermostat.

[OneEyedFox]

I'll see about getting a dimmer switch sometime soon.

[chakup]

What kind of heat is the house. Is there a way to lessen what hits your room? (Close the vent or something?)

[PitOnTheProwl]

Close or cover the vent to your room

[OneEyedFox]

I'll close the vent in my room, and see how that helps. I think it should.


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