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Economy Racks from AP

SPJ said:
They have flex watt. I had mine built with it. They installed and wired it for me.
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I just e-mailed them about it, they come with cable from what they told me. I wonder why I was told that yet you own one with flexwatt. Was it different as far as pricing than whats advertised?
 
My rack was the first and only one they made with flexwatt wired and installed. I thought he had already started offering it. My mistake. They are not offering the flexwatt yet.
 
It was $400 and then $75 for shipping. Same as the price listed on the site.
I am very happy with it so far. Heats great and hold humidity really well. I had to add extra holes to the tubs because it holds humidity so well.
They pack these things to survive anything during shipping. Mine came in 5 boxes. All of the holes lined up perfectly and it came with dozens of extra screws. No chance of not having the right amount of screws when you start putting it together. :rofl: It is also VERY heavy. A lot heavier than I had thought it would be.
I plan on switching out my other racks with these in the future.
 
They can/will make racks for heat tape if you ask. All 14 of mine were built to accomodate 4" heat tape that I installed myself. The heat tape wasn't included with the racks, although they did discount each rack $25 I think. The way that they router (?) the shelves for the heat tape is really quite impressive. Being six feet tall, they are rather heavy, but not so much that I can't move them around by myself. I hope AP keeps making them for at least as long as I own herps, because I honestly can't picture a more perfect rack for my projects.
 
Someone else has heat tape. Cool. I talked to Mark. Mine was not the first with heat tape just the first one that they installed it on before shipping it.
The heat tape works great.
They installed mine when I asked since I was afraid it wouldn't fit together as planned if I did it myself.
I think giving up the $25 discount to have them do the wiring and installation was well worth it.
 
PaulSage said:
They can/will make racks for heat tape if you ask. All 14 of mine were built to accomodate 4" heat tape that I installed myself. The heat tape wasn't included with the racks, although they did discount each rack $25 I think. The way that they router (?) the shelves for the heat tape is really quite impressive. Being six feet tall, they are rather heavy, but not so much that I can't move them around by myself. I hope AP keeps making them for at least as long as I own herps, because I honestly can't picture a more perfect rack for my projects.
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So thats what all that 4" flexwatt was for..lol.. You must have alot of racks my good man:)

Dennis: I don't think I saw it in the thread but is your room heated higher than normal? I am going to make an order with AP soon was trying to decide on the open or closed racks.. For 70 bucks I am liking the open ones.lol All my rack are AP and I have tried others but sold them to replace with AP's, best I have seen...
 
MGReptiles said:
So thats what all that 4" flexwatt was for..lol.. You must have alot of racks my good man:)
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Yessir. And thanks again for special ordering it for me so quickly! :IThankYou
 
I'm thinking about asking them for a custom job in the economy series - the more open rack style is just what I need for this application, but the box size I want is one nobody uses (well, nobody makes racks for, anyway). I'll let you know how it turns out, if I go that route
 
MGReptiles said:
Dennis: I don't think I saw it in the thread but is your room heated higher than normal? I am going to make an order with AP soon was trying to decide on the open or closed racks.. For 70 bucks I am liking the open ones.lol All my rack are AP and I have tried others but sold them to replace with AP's, best I have seen...
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I actually have this rack in the front room of my house. I am for now keeping my BP's away from my Boas. But, the room is at the same temp as the rest of my house, 78f.
 
i just placed an order for three of them and was wondering if anyone that already has these could post a pic of them set up. i am trying to get an idea on what to use for a water bowl. also any recommendation on the number of holes to drill in each tube as i want to be set up before they get here.

john patino
 
I have one of the economy racks from AP. Even though my room is temperature controlled, I still went ahead and put 1" pink foam on the back and sides of the rack to help a little with the heat. They hold heat and humidity great.
I did not use the slots that AP precut for the temperature probe, just went ahead and placed it over the heat cable and taped it in place with foil tape.
these things hold right on where I want them with hot and ambient temps
 

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So if you are using all 32qt tubs on these racks - I'm assuming the heat runs the length of the tub, rather than the width of the tub, or can you change the heat cable around to heat just the end "Width" ?
 
There is a routered "slot" that the heat cable fits into at the back of the rack. Unless you have it routered differently, it would not be changeable. The tubs would not slide over the cable properly if it wasn't in the slot.
 
Mike P. said:
So if you are using all 32qt tubs on these racks - I'm assuming the heat runs the length of the tub, rather than the width of the tub, or can you change the heat cable around to heat just the end "Width" ?
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That is correct, Mike. The cable runs across the back of each shelf, so both sized tubs can be heated. If you look at the rack pictured, toward the back of the top shelf, between the two 15 qt tubs, you can see the channel for the cable. The 32 qt tubs fit in sideways, so the heat goes along the long side.
 
Cat_72 said:
There is a routered "slot" that the heat cable fits into at the back of the rack. Unless you have it routered differently, it would not be changeable. The tubs would not slide over the cable properly if it wasn't in the slot.
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Thanks - I e-mailed them, but have not heard back yet - I like the rack but would rather have heat at one end "widthwise of the tub" rather than running the whole length. I'm talking about just using the 32qts in it...
 
hhmoore said:
That is correct, Mike. The cable runs across the back of each shelf, so both sized tubs can be heated. If you look at the rack pictured, toward the back of the top shelf, between the two 15 qt tubs, you can see the channel for the cable. The 32 qt tubs fit in sideways, so the heat goes along the long side.
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Thanks - I'm trying to see if they will make a model to accomodate just the 32qt tubs - I need something a little bigger "more tubs", yet lighter - the old back aint what it used to be...
 
Yeah - I'm waiting on them to finish the 41 qt economy rack. When I asked about them making them, they said that was their next project.
 
32 quart seems small for adult female ball pythons. Have you tried adults in them yet and what size adults? I keep my 1500 g females in 41 quart.
 
hhmoore said:
Yeah - I'm waiting on them to finish the 41 qt economy rack. When I asked about them making them, they said that was their next project.
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I would be interested in the 41 qt as well for the bigger kids...
 
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