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[QUOTE="JayTheDragonTamer, post: 1979036, member: 111883"] Hey again. Things have been great with Spike and his custom viv. He’s doing well. All has been fine up until a visit from my Dad (who has a degree in mechanical engineering). I’ve mentioned this before, but we live in the outskirts of the UK where the cost of living is high, and this mean materials, electricity and other resources are not cheap. So efficiency is very important, and not something I’d really thought about until now. After seeing my enclosure with its multiple bulbs and asking about heating and wattages, my dad was not impressed. My setup and its proposed finished design (the lid of the tank is a WIP) is apparently not at all cost effective or energy efficient. And although I value functionality far above efficiency, and I definitely prefer using tested and widely used practices, I have to say… I see his point. I’ll go ahead and say it- my father is a very stubborn man. He knows more than me when it comes to engineering and physics for sure, but he knows next to nothing about reptile keeping. And he has starting coming up with [S]specifications [/S] [I]suggestions[/I] to help me stop wasting energy, which are.. interesting I guess. Some of them can be ruled out immediately, but some of them I am actually curious about. I’m willing to tweak my methods a bit to compromise with him, and I was hoping for suggestions and advice from the community as well. This thread is to discuss efficiency and things that can be changed to decrease the loss of heat, uvb, and light in an enclosure while keeping proper husbandry. [/QUOTE]
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