Diy tortise box build

Fredkas

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Thanks a lot!!!! give a lot a lot of idea into my little brain.
 

Knap_123

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Quick update, winters here and it's cold in my old house. My ebay 100 watt heat emitter seemed to of got weaker and weaker. So I ordered a new 150 watt.
Now with the 100 watt. I was able to keep the lid closed , warm and high humidity. But with the new emitter I have to keep it open. It will get 100+ if I don't. The old one would keep me around 84° except on really cold nights. I had to add a standard bulb in a desk lamp to raise the temp.
Sooooo, as of now . Lid open, warm side 92° or so, cool side 82° or so. Substrate is dryer, humidity is low! Can't keep it up. But I keep a really moist area in one corner.
And Jessie stays in one corner most of the time. Behind the desk lamp. Its the cool side. She comes out to eat , and drink. Then goes right back. Quit going in hide to sleep. So what yall think? Is this just a winter thing? Lid was open all the way. 20161220_184747.jpg so temp on thermometer and digital dropped some. 20161220_204407.jpg 20161220_184033.jpg
 

cmacusa3

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You can get all types of thermostats on Amazon. I have several different ones that work great for the emitters and then you can close the top control the temp and keep the humidity up. This is one of the ones I have. The emitters will get weak and not last long when they run full blast. That 150 watt would probably be the perfect size on the thermostat and then you can dial down the temp. You could set it to be 80 in one corner

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