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[Simple Man]

I've used heat cable before for a dubia colony I use to have and I used in unregulated, pugged right into the wall and it ran just fine and never melted the tub or cooked any roaches. From what I've been reading it sounds to me that an unregulated piece of heat tape will without a doubt melt the tub and kill the occupant...

I would never run any kind of heat unregulated with my reptiles but at the same time if something were to fail I would much rather have the warm and angry snakes, little burn mark on something, or toasted plastic instead of a full on fire and dead animals....

But I'm not completely against using it. I would just run a double thermostat or something so I could sleep well at night.

While I'm asking rack questions, who heats their reptile room and how?




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I use a sealed room complete with weather stripping on the door. I run blinds and heavy curtains to keep a little more of the air off the window. This allows me to have a natural light cycle, albeit a very darkened one. Ceramic heater for regulation and most of the heating work. The ceramic is more efficient than most other types. I have the baseboard set just slightly lower in case of severe temp drop, door accidently left open, or ceramic heat failure. I keep it between 79-80. It works great and it makes husbandry a breeze with a rack system.

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B