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| Ian |
Posted - 21/12/2013 : 18:34:44
Evening,
Could anyone tell me if there is there a rough guide to wattage per square ft of vivarium for a ceramic heater? For instance we have just ordered a 2' Viv for our royal would it be best to over do the wattage so the thermostat cuts in less or have a lower wattage and it be on more?
Thanks
Ian |
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| boomslang |
Posted - 26/12/2013 : 15:42:29
Depends on your home,Plus if you have other vivs in the same room.Room temp etc etc etc.Common sense helps to ofc :) |
| Ian |
Posted - 24/12/2013 : 10:23:50
Thanks Guys, we picked up the a vivexotics 2' viv last night now to start kitting it out so we can move my daughters royal into a better home, she is in an all glass viv at the mo..
Cheers
Ian
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| Baobab |
Posted - 24/12/2013 : 00:49:39
I'd go for 100W in a 2 foot viv and preferably a 150W for 3 foot. Just my preferences. |
| PythonManDan |
Posted - 23/12/2013 : 19:13:45
I use 150W ceramic heaters in my 3ft vivs. When I did my initial testing with 100W I found that it struggled to get up to temp. |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 23/12/2013 : 17:23:32
How do your 75w manage in 3ft vivs? Is it in a room full vivs so there's lots of heat. My 150w was struggling to get over 30degrees when winter hit, so I've stuck a 200w in. |
| Murphy123 |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 19:05:04
Yip 75w in my 3ft vivs as well and no problems for me either :) |
| phlegmatical |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 16:49:18
I only have a 75w in my 3ft viv and works great |
| Ian |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 12:39:15
Thanks guys 
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| Fezza |
Posted - 21/12/2013 : 18:55:57
I wouldn't say there was a hard and fast rule regarding wattage per viv size. I do believe in the idea of having a larger element so it has less work to do, like you alluded to in your post
For a 2ft'er I'd say 150w would be overkill, .i.e perfect  |
| richard v |
Posted - 21/12/2013 : 18:53:19
Hi Ian, I would personally use a higher watt bulb, although ceramic heaters are very good so you don't want to go to high in a 2ft viv as you may struggle to get a good enough heat gradient within the viv. |
