heating snake room with electric and or space heaters

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Hi Deborah,

Am I understanding this correctly - I purchase the Honeywell Oil Filled Heater with the "temperature set" feature so I could regulate how high it took my room temp - but are you saying I shouldn't trust this.

Am I supposed to hook this oil filled heater up to a Helix Thermostat too??

Please explain - thanks

I don't trust them I had two (different brands) going bad in the past 5 years which is why I am not taking the risk anymore if it was to overheat while gone it could be a disaster. Walking in a 120 degree snake room was scary enough.

Having them on an external thermostat is the best way to go however for this application you need a non proportional t-stat such ranco or johnson and preferably grounded.