I think he mentioned someplace that he uses a thinner plywood because the thick stuff makes the box too heavy. The rigid foam insulation does the job just fine with the thin plywood.
could you say what the thickness is of the plywood you used
Tom , just another question for you. im in the process of building my night box for dozer , and im curious, the box im building is a 4x4x2 do you recommend the oil heater for this size box or the , heat pad radiant heat panel. also if you could give a list of electrics it would help me to try to round all the stuff up for the box. thanks a bunch. I appreciate your time .
Tom again much thanks to you my friend. I hope you are getting ready for a very merry christmas
You are very welcome and thanks for the Christmas wishes too. Right back at ya!
We'd all love to see pics when you are done. Everyone figures out little details differently and we all want to learn.
Tom hate to bother you again but ive been trying to identify your thermostat so i can get one. ive been monitoring dozers temps and turnign things on and off manually til i can find the right thermostat. im running into walls on this simple item . if you could give me a link or point me in the right direction id much appreciate it . thanks again. also what do you set for minimum and max temps, and humidity. thanks again. Anthony.
*Raises hand* How big did you make the door for your Sully?
What are your recommendations for the AZ heat?
Would something like this be useful for Russian torts? I know they like to dig but could it work?I did it again.
And I'm going to keep doing it too!
Here is the latest night box. Its similar to the others, but I wanted to show more of the electrics involved and how I use them. I made this one for my two returning Gpp females. I gave these two girls to a friend in 2010 and he raised them. They both turned out to be female, while most of mine are male. He offered to give them back to me in the hopes of producing some babies in the future. They will live alone for a couple of months for quarantine and fecal exam purposes, but then they will join the other girls.
Here we go...
Here is the almost finished box showing the yet uncovered insulation inside the walls.
Here is the assortment of equipment going into this box:
The heat mat and radiant heat panel have been mounted here, as has the shoe box that will hold all the excess wires.
Here you can see all the cords and the thermostat all hooked up and stuffed into the shoe box. You can also see my thermostat probe hanging on the wall on the "cool" side. Notice the "drip loops" on the cord coming in to the box and inside the box. More on that later.
Close up of the shoe box:
See how nice it looks with the cords all contained? Notice that drip loop again...
A wider view of the whole thing. In this one you can see my GFI circuit that I'm plugged into:
Here is that "drip loop" that I keep talking about. I learned this back in my early aquarium days. You see, water runs downhill. Amazing right?! In the event of an earthquake or other aquarium splashes, the idea is that if you have a "loop" so that your cords always run downhill first and then uphill into your outlets, water will not be guided into your outlet. Instead it will come to the bottom of the loop and drip down to the ground harmlessly. I did one outside this new tortoise box and inside, just to be safe.
Here it is open for business.
In my excitement I forgot to get pics of the new inhabitants. I'll get some pics and post those later.