sneakypete
Active Member
Hi
Just after a bit of advice for planning the heating approach to a new enclosure I'm making for my Adult Olive, its an old wardrobe 2200mm Tall x 1300mm Wife x 600 mm Deep. I'll prob chop the height down by 200mm, remove the divider put glass sliding doors on the front, and make a fake rock wall with multiple basking shelves. I've never build one this tall so would appreciate any input as to how to go about heating it, I'm thinking it will be very hard (and expensive) to heat the ambient air, so was wondering about heating radiantly via either heat cord or heat mats. I dont have any experience with them as I've only ever heated a smaller enclosure with Habistat radiator (roof mounted) and back in the day an old tall enclosure with ceramic emitters (which were a nightmare).
Would appreciate any heating design ideas.
Cheers
Just after a bit of advice for planning the heating approach to a new enclosure I'm making for my Adult Olive, its an old wardrobe 2200mm Tall x 1300mm Wife x 600 mm Deep. I'll prob chop the height down by 200mm, remove the divider put glass sliding doors on the front, and make a fake rock wall with multiple basking shelves. I've never build one this tall so would appreciate any input as to how to go about heating it, I'm thinking it will be very hard (and expensive) to heat the ambient air, so was wondering about heating radiantly via either heat cord or heat mats. I dont have any experience with them as I've only ever heated a smaller enclosure with Habistat radiator (roof mounted) and back in the day an old tall enclosure with ceramic emitters (which were a nightmare).
Would appreciate any heating design ideas.
Cheers