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11-01-2006, 02:34 PM

I use the Zoomed heat cable in my husband's GTP cage (it's a BARR's and using external heat pads doesn't work well with the plastic walls of those), strung all along the ceiling of the cage. It works very well. But DO use a thermostat, it does get very warm.

Before I bought the ZooMed stuff, I went to the hardware store and tried to get "pipe heating" cable. However, this seems to be available only with a built in thermostat that is taped against a pipe, and it turns on the heat ONLY if the temperature is getting near freezing. The thermostat is molded right into the tape, no way to remove it without destroying the cable (which I did while I was playing around with it, oh well, live and learn). Hopefully that little tidbit will help someone else save the $15 I spent figuring that out.

I'm very happy with the ZooMed cable.

11-01-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
liquidleaf	I use the Zoomed heat cable in my husband's GTP cage (it's a BARR's and using external heat pads doesn't work well with the plastic walls of those), strung all along the ceiling of the cage. It works very well. But DO use a thermostat, it does get very warm. Before I bought the ZooMed stuff, I went to the hardware store and tried to get "pipe heating" cable. However, this seems to be available only with a built in thermostat that is taped against a pipe, and it turns on the heat ONLY if the temperature is getting near freezing. The thermostat is molded right into the tape, no way to remove it without destroying the cable (which I did while I was playing around with it, oh well, live and learn). Hopefully that little tidbit will help someone else save the $15 I spent figuring that out. I'm very happy with the ZooMed cable.