Heating a large enclosure?

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FYI, you can use brooder bulbs for tortoises. As with any bulb, you want a flood, rather than spot light,and you don't want it too close.
Enclosure is looking good!
 

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FYI, you can use brooder bulbs for tortoises. As with any bulb, you want a flood, rather than spot light,and you don't want it too close.
Enclosure is looking good!
Thanks. I do have the hundred 25 W router flood bulbs. They make it too hot right now but I will probably put them in later this winter when the house gets colder.The glass on them is clear, is that a problem, I noticed the glass on other floodlights is white.
 

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Thanks. I do have the hundred 25 W router flood bulbs. They make it too hot right now but I will probably put them in later this winter when the house gets colder.The glass on them is clear, is that a problem, I noticed the glass on other floodlights is white.

@leigti - the color of the bulb doesn't matter, clear, opaque, white, etc. these lights all put out the same amount of heat at 125watts. Just monitor the distance from the bulb to the substrate area. Good luck.
 

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@leigti - the color of the bulb doesn't matter, clear, opaque, white, etc. these lights all put out the same amount of heat at 125watts. Just monitor the distance from the bulb to the substrate area. Good luck.
Thanks, I just didn't know if the clearness would cause Eye issues etc. they actually worked well to heat the enclosure and so I will be using them later this winter.
 

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What species are you housing in this?

Quite simply, if you're temps are too cool you'll need to raise the wattage, lower the fixture, or raise the room temp.

A closed chamber easily solves all of these issues, but making a stock tank into a closed chamber isn't easy or attractive in most cases.
Listen to Tom.Since enclosing my table the heat and humidity easy to maintain.
 
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