OMG, I went out tonight to put Tito in his enclosure and found he went in by himself!!!!! It's so coincidental that the day you ask if he goes in by himself he ends up going in by himself ............ WOW!!!!!First I want to say my wife is from Michigan (Bay City) and we are thinking about retiring in Traverse City!! We are going to Traverse City in July to look at property and houses, retirement is not for another 5-8 years but trying to plan ahead. I live in the Dallas Texas area now and the temps have been in the 90's since I completed the night box so I don't think the heaters have been coming on much if any.
Question #1: RHP is a 160watt panel from Reptile Basics ($119.99) and is controlled by the Vivarium Electronics VE-300 ($139.99) which is set to 81 degrees. I have the heat lamp connected to a timer that will turn it on and off during the day and night (have not set this up to turn on and off yet). The Kane heat mat I have is the 27" X 36" double mat that is controller by the Kane thermostat, which is set to 80 degrees. I have a oil filled radiator, Costway oil filled radiator heater ($40.99, Amazon) but not sure if I'll need it or not. I bought it just in case I need it, for the winter, if the RHP can not do the job. So to answer your question they are all on controllers.
Question #2: The humidifier is a Evergreen pet supplies reptile humidifier/reptile fogger ($53.99, Amazon) which is controlled by the Inkbird AC 110V Digital prewired outlet dual stage humidifier controller w/ sensor ($36.99, Amazon). I also have the Zoomed Hygrotherm Humidity and temp controller on my indoor enclosure and it works great also, it controls heater and humidifier ($69.32, Amazon). The controller is set to 77% humidity, I mainly added it for the winter months when it gets super dry.
Question #3: I was actually thinking about putting it on casters but since it's on my patio I figured once I get it in place I wouldn't move it much anyway (this thing is very heavy and would require some heavy duty casters). Plus we have black widow and brown recluse spiders here and did not want them to take up residence under it or any other critter.
Question #4: At this point he has not gone in on his own, has came out on his own. I think this is due to the fact that he was kept in an indoor enclosure up to this point and I would take him in and out to go outside. So I think it's something that he will learn over time. So the answer is I put him in at night and lock the door and in the morning I unlock the door so he can come out when he wants.
Hope this helps!! If you have anymore questions please ask, I will be happy to answer if I can!!!