Room heaters?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Did you do ok with only one? Cause my snakeroom is about an 8x12 I might need 2.

I use 2 of them but my room is 400 sq feet it is the basement (so perfect in the summer but very cold in the winter) and the basement is not connected to our AC/Heating unit system either.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

With the oiled filled heaters are you concerned about fumes?

3 years runing 24/7 during the months I mentioned previously and ZERO fumes.

[lillyorchid]

Thanks Deb! I was looking at one at HomeDepot last night:

http://www.homedepot.com/Appliances-...atalogId=10053

I'm going to go get one today after work. I think I may hook it up to a thermostat just in case, it's built in one fails. I've seen and known to many people who have had fires during the cold seasons. So I'm SUPER paranoid.

[Wh00h0069]

I use an oil-filled radiator in my snake room and have never had any issues. I have been using it for over a year now.

[starfire]

Oil-filled heaters do a great job, I agree. I first read about them here on Ball-Pythons.net, and have used a lower-priced Delonghi model for more than a year. It produces consistent, quiet, odorless, safer heat. And because there's no external fan, there's no vibration or blowing air cycling on and off.

Thanks, BP.net---another great suggestion.

-Star

[lillyorchid]

I picked one up this evening. Set it up and gave it a try. MY house was exactly at 60. 45 minutes later, my herp room is a nice toasty 78 degrees.

[dsirkle]

I went to Walmart today and bought a 600/900/1500 watt oil filled electric heater for $39.95. My reptile room heater bit the dust late in the Spring and I never replaced it until now.

[Mitch21]

You guys rock! I've been wondering this same thing with winter coming up...

Lilly, I really like that one you picked up from HD!

[mechnut450]

I personally usea oil filled one in my snake room it kept on 24/7 asll year long I do this to help maintain an more even temp. since it shuts off when it get ot the proper temp it no biggie. ( the young ball pythong think it something ot attack cause they strike at it some times. )

I never had aproblem with it and i only use it on the low setting anyhow. I am gonig ot make apc fan off a old cell phone power cord toand set that on the bottom to help heat he air a little faster lol..

[m00kfu]

I was wondering if you could and if anyone hooked theirs up to a thermostat

Just to expand on this, be sure to hook it up to an on/off type thermostat, such as the Ranco or Johnson. Proportional thermostats won't work properly.