Heat tape question

Kmarks · Jul 1, 2015

Does anyone know how hot the heat tape can get compared to ambient air temperature?

I am keeping my cricket and dubia colonies in my garage. During this past winter, when the outside temp was 0 degrees, my garage was about 25 degrees. I am trying to plan out how I can keep my crickets at 70 degrees and my dubias at 100 degrees. My plan is to get heat tape and tape them to the interior of their tubs.

I would bring them inside. But my girlfiredn said that my feeders and I would be looking for another place to live. She would keep my beardie, though. She likes him. lol

genskiR6 · Jul 15, 2015

I'm really not sure about that an dI don't have any advice but to bring them inside lol. I keep mine in. Tell her that beardie can't live without his food so the food has to come in. :shock:

SukiLove · Jul 15, 2015

I used to use heat tape for my Leo's but have since moved to UTH's. But you should have it hooked up to a thermostat. I don't know how efficient the tape would be out in such cold conditions, the ambient room temp in my house never fell below 60 degrees. I think you would end up using A LOT more tape to cover more surface area to maintain those higher temperatures.

Here's some info on heat tape:
http://www.reptilebasics.com/heattape-faq

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