Spider room heating cycle?

[Ian Hall]

Does anyone control their spider/bug room with a simple heater i.e a oil filled or space heater etc...

Question been:

Do any of you keep your heater on a timer and what times have you set it to go on and off?

Any other information on this subject will help.

[Ian Hall]

This question is aimed mainly at people in the uk. Cheers

[Kurt Baird]

For the main spider room (where my Dad keeps his) we have a plug in radiator that is on a thermostat I believe, so it flicks on and off when the temperature is reached.

I think we have it set for around 70F or so, because we find the inside of the tanks are always a little warmer than the ambient room temperature.

[Mark Pennell]

Does anyone control their spider/bug room with a simple heater i.e a oil filled or space heater etc...

Question been:

Do any of you keep your heater on a timer and what times have you set it to go on and off?

Any other information on this subject will help.

Ian
Most decent ones have a thermostat built in, you can also connect to a timer plug so it turns off at night etc.

Delongi do a good one.

Cheers
Mark

[Ray Hale]

The Delongi Heater is exactly the one I use. It has a built in stat and can be set to turn on and off when they reach temp. I heat the entire room this way.

Ray

[Iain L]

heating

Hi, I have mine in a vivarium fitted out with shelves and a ceramic heater connected to a habistat pulse proportionate thermostat, the glass doors have been replaced with smoked glass to keep the light down and spiders happy. The same method can be used with a cupboard/wardrobe, ceramic heat elements don't emit light just heat.
By using a heat emitter connected to a thermostat the temperature probe is placed near the bottom of the vivarium & there is a definite temperature gradient between the top and bottom shelves allowing me to position different species at the level they are most suited to

[Maria Clarke]

I am just in the process of setting up my spider room, and I am going to use a oil heater to heat the room, (looks like an old fashioned radiator on wheels)
they have a thermostat on them, just might take a bit of fiddling to get the temp exact.
if you get a decent one, they heat a room with no problems at all, this should cut down on the amount of heat mats I will have to use!!

That the plan anyway

[Ian Hall]

I thought I'd show you all my animal room, It needs some shelfs then will be better but I am happy with it at the moment.

[Ian Hall]

There is more space just didnt feel the need to take a picture of the empty other half of the room lol.

[Mrs Linda Street]

They all look very nicely set up Ian. We use a big 5 tier wire rack, but have still found the need to use heat mats on the 2 lower shelves in the colder weather.