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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 160214" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>A window mounted heat pump / AC unit is much safer in terms of fire hazards. Most can both heat and cool. If you are going from say just 70 to 80 or whatever, its a few degrees. Therefore you don't need a very powerful unit. In fact, probably the smallest one on Amazon or whatever is probably fine.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the initial cost is more, but the electric bills are much less, probably wil nearly equal the monthly payments. Using freon is always more efficient to resistance heating by design given the same amount of power used. </p><p></p><p>The controls and options are generally more flexible and you can really tune it to a fine degree. Many affordable units even have different day/night settings if you want to replicate that.</p><p></p><p>If you are heating an entire room instead of just one cage, it makes sense to go the HVAC route.</p><p></p><p>There are also switches with timers, typically for exterior lighting or security systems that work just fine with hermit crab heaters or other smaller cage heaters if you have only a small number of cages or a bioactive setup with actual plants that of course need actual light to grow.</p><p></p><p>These things are usually one time expenses that in many cases cost less then a really high dollar tarantula does. I'm planning on going this route with the forever home I'm going to do with my T stirmi. A bit of clover would be a wonderful addition to the tank and clover should do just fine without fertilizer because it pulls nitrogen from the air, therefore no pesky nitrates need be added.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 160214, member: 26980"] A window mounted heat pump / AC unit is much safer in terms of fire hazards. Most can both heat and cool. If you are going from say just 70 to 80 or whatever, its a few degrees. Therefore you don't need a very powerful unit. In fact, probably the smallest one on Amazon or whatever is probably fine. Yes, the initial cost is more, but the electric bills are much less, probably wil nearly equal the monthly payments. Using freon is always more efficient to resistance heating by design given the same amount of power used. The controls and options are generally more flexible and you can really tune it to a fine degree. Many affordable units even have different day/night settings if you want to replicate that. If you are heating an entire room instead of just one cage, it makes sense to go the HVAC route. There are also switches with timers, typically for exterior lighting or security systems that work just fine with hermit crab heaters or other smaller cage heaters if you have only a small number of cages or a bioactive setup with actual plants that of course need actual light to grow. These things are usually one time expenses that in many cases cost less then a really high dollar tarantula does. I'm planning on going this route with the forever home I'm going to do with my T stirmi. A bit of clover would be a wonderful addition to the tank and clover should do just fine without fertilizer because it pulls nitrogen from the air, therefore no pesky nitrates need be added. [/QUOTE]
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