ThanksLooking good.
Have you been able to confirm temperatures in the enclosure yet with your lighting setup? Curious if the amount of wattage is going to make it difficult to keep the cool side... cool. Pvc insulates pretty well.
-Brandon
Definitely crossing my mind, but trying to work with what I have. Either way I want to run a fan for enrichment. I'll have to experiment once I get it set up more.Why didn't you want to put ventilation holes on the roof of the terrarium? I think they would work better than the side ones, you might not need to install fans.
The fans and their positions should work well. You could even set up a thermostat to the fans so they can ramp up/kick on as cool side temps start approaching a set number.
PS, you can't let the grills on those fans stay silver.... Pull them off and paint them black or brass
-Brandon
PS, you can't let the grills on those fans stay silver.... Pull them off and paint them black or brass
Yes, SmartHome systems are great for controlling lighting and heat in a terrarium. For example, I have the LED light turned on based on the light level outside. I have a light sensor, it is directed towards the window. As soon as it becomes bright day outside, my additional LED light turns on. This emulates periods of sunny and cloudy weather in the terrarium. When itβs cloudy outside, the LED lamp turns on later and turns off earlier. I'm currently working on how to control a heating lamp with a wireless ZigBee dimmer using a temperature sensor. My UV light turns on according to time, although in the future I plan to link the turn on to geographic sunrise.Great minds think alike
I was watching Brad's Bioactive Builds on YouTube.. wow that guy is talented.. he uses Govee products for his temperature monitoring. The stuff is very affordable and does so much. They have the more expensive wifi version that allows you to check remotely and this less expensive Bluetooth one which you check on the phone app within Bluetooth range. They also log all the temperature and humidity data so you can go back and look at it.
I picked a 3 pack of these Bluetooth temp/humidity sensors for only $30 on Amazon..
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But that's not it.. you can pair them with their smart plugs to turn things on and off... like the fanby setting up IFTT. (If This Than That) rules. It's all home automation stuff. For example IF temp is above 80 THAN turn on fan output.. an opposite rule can be made to turn off! It's pretty cool stuff.
Yeah there is so much untapped potential in the Smarthome space to be applied to what we are doing for sure. Woud be awesome to tie it all into central Aus weather data.Yes, SmartHome systems are great for controlling lighting and heat in a terrarium. For example, I have the LED light turned on based on the light level outside. I have a light sensor, it is directed towards the window. As soon as it becomes bright day outside, my additional LED light turns on. This emulates periods of sunny and cloudy weather in the terrarium. When itβs cloudy outside, the LED lamp turns on later and turns off earlier. I'm currently working on how to control a heating lamp with a wireless ZigBee dimmer using a temperature sensor. My UV light turns on according to time, although in the future I plan to link the turn on to geographic sunrise.
all this is built on the basis of the home assistant. Special thanks to @Chris. for his help in choosing a control system.
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