Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 21:55:30 +0100 From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2356$foo@default> Subject: Re: Aquarium Tank
On 10 Jun 97 at 10:08, Joe Frey wrote:
> ... It took me a long time (2 mos.) to
> figure out how to solve my heat problem. You see I built a lid to close
> the tank and hold the flourescents. But boy did it ever get hot in
> there! Around 94F. So I started making holes, then added forced air
> and then seeing this was stealing the precious humidity, removed the
> forced air and added an aquarium bubbler. All to no avail! I couldn't
> get the humidity up above 50-60%. Then...
> Eureka! It finally occured to me I could put the ballest for
> the bulbs...
See also Barry Meyers-Rice's web page - there is a pointer to it
on the CP home page http://www.hpl.hp.com/bot/cp_home/
Although I haven't even built a terrarium myself, I've read
Barry's page, and he really emphasizes the problem with the
heat from the ballasts for fluorescent lights, and gives details
for mounting them outside the tank.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk) http://www.brunt.demon.co.uk/ Cacti in Mexico, Cacti in flower, Frogspawn, etc.
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