Re: Heating up entire room?

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Posted by Morgan on April 14, 2000 at 09:08:46:

In Reply to: Heating up entire room? posted by IG27 on April 14, 2000 at 07:09:57:

Don't use a kerosene heater. You are right about the fumes, not to mention the fire hazard.

If you put good a lighting/heating system in the cage you shouldn't need to crank up the room's heat.

BTW - if you haven't finished building the enclosure, keep your mesh at the bottom of the cage and/or on the door. Heat rises and you want it to stay in there with Ziggi.

You can easily install ceramic light sockets on the underside of the enclosure's "roof". Use an aluminum reflector dome with it and you've got great basking lights.

: I got a quick question. Its gettin summer here so, keeping the room warm
: will not be a problem! In the winter the room temp stays around 70, but when
: it gets very cold(couple months out of year), I want to raise the temp in my
: reptile room. By then Ziggi will be moved out of his 55G and into his 7'X4'X7.5'
: enclosure with 3ft surrounded by plywood and 4ft and the top 1/2 inch plastic mesh!
: Is it ok to use a kerosene heater, they heat very well and efficient, but kinda stink and
: I don't want the fumes to hurt Ziggi? The room he's in is large, I would say 300-325 square foot room!
: I could use electric, but costly, my central heat(2 vents)keep it pretty warm, but not like I like it.
: Any ideas.

Little Lizard

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: Don't use a kerosene heater. You are right about the fumes, not to mention the fire hazard. : If you put good a lighting/heating system in the cage you shouldn't need to crank up the room's heat. : BTW - if you haven't finished building the enclosure, keep your mesh at the bottom of the cage and/or on the door. Heat rises and you want it to stay in there with Ziggi. : You can easily install ceramic light sockets on the underside of the enclosure's "roof". Use an aluminum reflector dome with it and you've got great basking lights. : : I got a quick question. Its gettin summer here so, keeping the room warm : : will not be a problem! In the winter the room temp stays around 70, but when : : it gets very cold(couple months out of year), I want to raise the temp in my : : reptile room. By then Ziggi will be moved out of his 55G and into his 7'X4'X7.5' : : enclosure with 3ft surrounded by plywood and 4ft and the top 1/2 inch plastic mesh! : : Is it ok to use a kerosene heater, they heat very well and efficient, but kinda stink and : : I don't want the fumes to hurt Ziggi? The room he's in is large, I would say 300-325 square foot room! : : I could use electric, but costly, my central heat(2 vents)keep it pretty warm, but not like I like it. : : Any ideas.

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