Herp rooms....

Haroldo

Haroldo

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For those of you with many animals in your collection, I'm interested to see how you have your reptile rooms setup. Well here is my room in it's various stages starting several months ago:

















And finally....







Thanks for looking. :)
 
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PreditorNprey

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nice set ups, it appears that all of the heat lamps are connected too one, how does this work, and where would I go about getting some?
 
Haroldo

Haroldo

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PreditorNprey said:
nice set ups, it appears that all of the heat lamps are connected too one, how does this work, and where would I go about getting some?
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Each level of lamps are daisy-chained or ran in series with each other. Basically what I did was modify the lamp socket to accept another set of wires and it was simply passed through the electrical opening on top. These were all homemade (custom wiring), but you can buy the reflectors at most hardware stores. If you would like some like this made for you, just PM me.
 
Haroldo

Haroldo

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klondike4001 said:
If one lamp burns out don't they all stop working?
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Nope...I can turn each one off individually. All 3 levels are hooked up into a modified power strip so they all go off at once or individually.
 
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Brandon

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wow, that is a very unique setup, i like it.

although, if they run in a series how can they be turned off individually?
 
Haroldo

Haroldo

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Brandon said:
wow, that is a very unique setup, i like it.

although, if they run in a series how can they be turned off individually?
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Each lamp has a switch at the socket/terminal (slide style). Oops I just realized that I have mispoken (sp?), they are in-fact ran parallel.
 
Haroldo

Haroldo

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Okay, I still think I need to clarify this a bit. The way I wired these lamps is not traditional parallel. There is one lamp on each shelf that has direct connection to the power source. Through modification, that lamp's terminals have been connected to the terminals in the next lamp's terminal by way of wiring. This is repeated until the end of the daisy chain. So in-fact, the lamps are not wired parallel per se, nor really series, sort of like a hybrid.
 
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Haroldo

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klondike4001 said:
Any special tools needed, soldering tools or anything?
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I use a weller soldering iron with electrical grade solder, some heat shrink tubing or liquid electrical tape and a wire cutter/stripper. Though the process is relatively easy modifying the sockets, I don't really feel comfortable disclosing specific details as it could very well lead to serious injury or death. Remember, if you are in the US, you would be fooling around with 120V and the least that could happen is sparks flying and some blown fuses on your circuit panel. If anyone is seriously interested in doing this, PM me and we'll talk. I don't want just anyone trying to modify these fixtures.
 
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