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| JamesA |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 14:04:43
So here it is, took a little while longer to get him in as i didnt want to move him while he was in shed. Its a 3 foot Vivexotic LX36, 150w ceramic heater on a pulse stat. As its in the end of quite a dark room, i added some cheap LED strips from ebay which are on a dimmer control so i can bring them up slowly. Ideally i want to put them on a timed dimmer so im on the lookout for a simple circuit to build, probably Arduino based as they are nice cheap little microprocessors.
Charlie's viv with Lola the corn in her faun on top.
Took this one without the flash so you can see the LED lights, hence its a little blurred.
2 nice pieces of wood i got from Dunelm, stuck together with aquarium silicone to add some hight.
Cool end hide with Dunelm ivy and exoterra fern.
Still want to get another plant of some kind for the hot end and also add a climbing branch or vine. He seems to like it so far though.
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| Tawfik47 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 16:41:04
Very nice  looking great !! |
| JamesA |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 14:43:44
Thanks :)
Still looking for another plant to go down the hot end. Want something tall-ish but that wont be a pain to keep away from the heater.
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| Lorraine |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 23:29:29
It looks fabulous. |
| n/a |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 18:47:46
That is a gorgeous setup - congrats! |
| JamesA |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 15:36:47
Interesting, hadn't thought of that with the dimmer on the LED's. I know some mains stuff for dimmable compact fluorescent and the like basically strobe to make them seem dimmer. Did a quick check with a video on my phone playing back at half speed and I cant see a strobe. Checked while dimming them down and up slowly too. I'll have a look with my oscilloscope too once I can find the power supply for it :)
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| karl |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 14:22:04
looks cool, one thing to check though, video the leds and slow the playback down, a lot tend to strobe (impossible to see with naked eye) and "can" cause snakes to get tetchy (try strobing Christmas lights in the living room and you will know what I mean)
Nice to see proper vids :) |
