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themycologist
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outdoor winter incubator
#7832093 - 01/04/08 02:08 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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temps outside are ranging from 20-40 degrees right now. would it be possible to make a more insulated sort of TiT that would keep the temp at around 70 in that cold?
i was thinking about using a large plastic cooler, putting 2 fish tank heaters at the bottom and filling with a few inches of water. maybe use 1 or 2 smaller styrofoam coolers as the inner tub(s) - thinking these may hold the heat better than a thin plastic tub.
will this work? anyone tried anything like this? any other ideas, improvements before i go out and buy all this crap?
thanks!
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shroober
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that might be tough but if you use something that is VERY well insulated with a minimum of two (possibly three) water heaters is *might* work. you may want to look into other alternatives like heat blankets or small (safe) radiators. walmart sells cheap fan heaters but im not entirely sure how hot they get. seems like something like that would be more efficient then water heaters.
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themycologist
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Re: outdoor winter incubator [Re: shroober]
#7832134 - 01/04/08 02:19 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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hmmm, a heating blanket may help. is that safe to leave on all the time? maybe wrap that around inside the outer tub instead of the aquarium heaters? or in combination with? with that sort of heat dry bags/jars out?
can't use any radiators or heating fans, etc.
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Twiggs
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my buddy has the standard tote in a tote with a fish heater, it was -3 when i jumped in the car this morning and this thing still works great. acually he just upgraded his totes to bigger ones and still keeps the temp around 83. has the cover and a blanke over it.
*edit, sorry, just saw it said outdoor. not sure this will do.
Edited by Twiggs (01/04/08 02:38 PM)
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themycologist
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Re: outdoor winter incubator [Re: Twiggs]
#7832199 - 01/04/08 02:42 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Quote:
Twiggs said: my buddy has the standard tote in a tote with a fish heater, it was -3 when i jumped in the car this morning and this thing still works great. acually he just upgraded his totes to bigger ones and still keeps the temp around 83. has the cover and a blanke over it.
*edit, sorry, just saw it said outdoor. not sure this will do.
**wait, wait, was this TiT sitting outside or not? just was your edit- kinda 
no shit?
just a regular plastic tub in tub with 1 fish tank heater keeps the temp around 80? any special aquarium heater? covered with a regular blanket? totes are cheap, coolers aren't really. thats good news - i didn't think that would hold the heat in enough...
-------------------- "oh god...did you eat all this acid...? you better pray to god there's some thorazine in that bag, otherwise you're in bad fucking trouble..." - Raoul Duke *everything written above is hypothetical, a farce, balderdash*
Edited by themycologist (01/04/08 02:48 PM)
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