auto misting, auto lights, and auto everything.. i am lazy

[kontron]

okay i am not too lazy to care for my snake, but i am wondering if there is an auto everything plug? i know there are plugs with timers that let you set times things turn on and off, but is there one that can detect heat, and moisture, and make stuff run when needed? even if they are sperate units for heat and humidity, i would be interested in auto stuff. less work, just more observation on my part. would anyone recomend any reliable brands??? thanks

[Cody]

lol damn lazy herpers. I'm not sure about all that auto stuff. All I'd say is if it's for a ball python, why would you need auto lights and stuff? They don't need any light at all really. Unless you want a viewing light. Then just an infrared bulb would do. As for auto misting, I don't think that's needed either. If your humidity levels are low, then adding some sphagnum moss in the tank and/or misting the tank a few times a day would keep humidity up usually. And the auto heat thing....you can get a rheostat and connect it to your heat pad, so once that heat pad hits the temperature you have it set for, it'll shut off, then turn back on when it needs to heat up a bit again. I'm not familiar with them though. Someone can surely help you much more.

[Anonymous]

Actually theres an auto mister ... I'll give you a link to it.

http://www.bigappleherp.com/Reptile_...ne_296300.html

[Marla]

You can use an auto mister with a timer and a thermostat and if you want it, a light on a $6 lamp timer from Lowe's. The light in my herp room is on a timer.

[kontron]

i want an auto timer for my light cause it gets way cold at night, and i want to set it for a 12/12 cycle. during the day the heat is fine, but there are times when it gets kind of cold, and being at work for 10 hours a day, i would love an auto heat detector. if it got too cold when i was gone, then it would turn on for me.. if it got too hot, it would turn off. what is a rheostat? i was going to guy a heat pad, but 30 bucks for a 5" pad doesnt seem like a deal. i read a few posts on human heating pads, and am stopping by target tonight. i was using slate rocks under the heat lamp to give them a place for belly heat, but a pad would be nice. i like the auto turn off feature, but would it turn on again when the heat got too low? i like an automister cause it would stop me from having to use a mister bottle. i could set it to go every few days or so. i was also thinking about using that ultrasonic fog machine. i would like to mist by a layer of fog. would that be okay? no respratory problems with fog, or mists? if everything was auto, i can just set it and monitor instead of constantly adjusting. i want it so if i forget these things, they are all set.

[led4urhead]

Well first you get yourself a roll of duct tape, swiss army knife, a thumb tack, and the acurite digital thermometer/hygrometer ... cut the end off .... OH WAIT, i'm not MacGyver! Actually very nice thermostats/rheostats are available that will control the amount of heat your enclosure gets. They come with heat probes you place inside your enclosure to let the device know whether to not to increase the amount of electricity going to the heating pad, or to turn it on/off. The link Blink posted to an auto mister is nice, but it doesnt sense whether the humidity is low or not. You could set a timed one up with the DIY humidifer we had and a light timer, but it too wouldnt sense how low or high the humidity is.

[JubJub]

I am off from work for a few more weeks right now so it is easy to check my temps and stuff at all times of the day. It remains pretty constant once you get to know what needs to happen (i.e temp of room, amount of air circulation, ambient room humidity). However when I go back to work I will get the rheostat thing and a UTH set up (cause it will be getting cooler then, and the infared bulb I have right now works fine for heat).

[kontron]

my problem solved. i went to wal-mart and got an acurite hygrometer. it has indoor and an outddor probe. the outdoor temp and humidity are on the same thing probe, which is alright. i just need to get a second one to gauge the temps all around. for now this will do. i also got a heating pad. a human heating pad with 3 temp settings. there were no "water-proof" ones, but my setup isnt wet. it was rated for high moisture, so i figured this should be good. i also got another hide to add, and some fake jungle leaves vine kinda thing to add color and shading, and a lpace to climb. they have suction cups on them, so i dont know if that will hold so well as far as a snake climbing. but it will make a great curtain for hide entrances. it was 10 bucks, but someone mis-labeled a whole rack of em at 2 bucks, and petsmart honered the price. i was very happy. i was also very impressed with the on-staff vets...
anyway, i am now thinking about placement. right now the 55 gal is on the carpet. i want to put something between the heat pad and carpet.. maybe just cardboard would be alright.? i saw the sterelite containers at wal-mart, and they were very transparent. i want to get those now too, but i want to build a housing for them. i am going to draw up the blue prints this weekend. i want to have a housing unit i can slide the sterilites into and kind of keep em in a box or frame, so only the front shows. i want it to be more pleasing to the eyes. but i am also thiking i can build something out of lexar, which would be much more durable, and totaly see through. of course i am getting off the subject, and kind of babling.. so i will end it here. <--- this is me all the time.. LOL!

[led4urhead]

<--- this is me all the time.. LOL!

Me too ... even at work ( as shown by this post )

Good find on the acurite temp/humidity gague. Arent those things great?

[kontron]

i am like that at work too. good thing i have a cubicle. they are my new thing. i am going cage crazy. i want to build a 100 cages now and have 10 for each cage. they are great at 15 bucks. 2 temps and a humidity. even has a max hi/lo so it beeps when it reaches that point. the max hi/lo is for both temps and humid. now all it needs to do is make me a sandwich!