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Cleef · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject:

Right, after a bit of reading on various forums etc it seems pretty well agreed that oil filled radiators are the best option for heating small rep rooms/sheds. So, I popped down to argos this evening and picked up this:

http://www.delonghi.co.uk/product_page.php?id=101&key=Oil%20Filled%20Radiators

I went for the lowest power possible as I am only heating quite a small shed. Anyway, after setting up and plugging in the radiator, after about an hour the air temp of the whole shed rose from 59f - 72f, to maintain this temp (70-72f) the thermostat dial would only need to be turned to just over the halfway setting too, superb.

Can I just ask anyone who uses oil filled radiators in their rep rooms/sheds this: How do you coordinate the radiators with your vivarium heaters such as heatmats etc? How long do you have your radiators on for per day, and when?

Hopefully the thing won't be too expensive to run!

Thanks for putting up with my questions Wink

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aidan · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject:

if there the things that i think they are they eat electric Confused

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Cleef · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject:

After a few days messing around with heating, today I moved in the leopard geckos. I am made up Very Happy

. I don't think the heater will be too much to run, once it has heated up to around 72f it stays off for a good while before it needs to heat for a short period again to keep the temp from dropping. The rack is on a 12 hour on off timer atm as well as the light just to give a sense of photoperiod so I can control winter resting etc

Pics are a bit over exposed but oh well. Only got 1 male and 3 females in at the moment, will be looking to buy a good few more soon :]

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KJ Exotics · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

I like it what is in the moist hide's (well at least i think that is what it is).
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PaulG · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject:

That looks really really smart!

well done!

Bet you are chuffed!
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Cleef · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

MJ · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject:

Looks fantastic mate! real clean and pro Cool

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Cleef · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject:

Haha, yet again thanks a lot Cool

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Phil1988 · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

It looks great mate, all clean and new...wonder how long you can keep it like that Cool