Re: terrarium heat cable

Genome wrote:


"T-n-T" <lildog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:041120060924570066%lildog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was wondering if anyone could help me with a design of a heat cable
for my new terrarium. I have on fairly expensive cable and would like
to duplicate it. It has a 110v plug at one end and is about 8 feet
long. The end has a small knob which I assume is a resistor of some
sort. The actual heating part of the cable is about four feet long,
the rest is just to get to the outlet. Oh yeah it is 15 watts. I
think for someone who knows how this works should be a no brainer. I
recently saw an article somewhere that suggested using a toaster or
aquarium heater element, halved , coiled around a small wire and
threaded into a silicone tube. Any advice would be excellent, thank
you.

BTW, i have seen some online for planted aquariums that use a long
length of wire, which is exactly what I need but seems to be really
long.
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Tech/

Hmmmmmm, well.... I can't speak for others in this newsgroup but I
think we're all rather busy doing Night Rider lights with 555 timers
for our 2CVs. Things are quite competitive so a lot of this stuff is
kept secret. I mean, don't believe everything they tell you....
BASTARDS!!!!!

Cough....

Errrr, Anyway.

This sounds like one of those things that makes a difference between
cute things and soup so.... I mean, hey... play the nice guy and dole
up the money for a proper one.

DNA

I posted a source for heating cable to sci.electronics.basics !
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