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hi , ive just sorted electricity to the dogs shed , i have just put one of them oil filled pipe heaters in which i think should keep it a few degrees warmer in there , but i would like to put a heat lamp in as well for when shes been out or is wet etc , i havent got allot of space to hang a heat lamp and was wondering about how hight of the sleeping area should the lamp be , would about a meter above be ok ?

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ComPlete waste of time are the tubular heaters. Get a 250 w heat lamp and put a 150w low energy lamp in. Cost the same to run as the tubular heater but much better for the dogs. Drys them quicker and

Yea but there no cheaper to run than a heat lamp so IMO there is no point using one. Once you use heat lamps you'll never use anything else. I got mine of the net for about £15/20 each.

i treid a tube heater a few year back,,,, i took it back to argos,,,, theres more heat in a fart,,, you need to nearly touch them to feel any warmth,,, waste of money.   on the flip side you can st

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lad on here put me onto one of these so iv just got one 125w only two foot long,iv fitted it to the back wall of the sleeping box and screwed a mesh cover over it to protect it and the cable £25 from argos,job done :thumbs:

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thats the same as i have just fitted , i havent put it in the dogs sleeping box tho just on the wall in the shed , wasnt sure how hot it would get to be honest so thought it would be a safer option . how big is the sleeping box you have it in ?

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you can hold your hand within a couple inches and only just get the heat off it,just enough to take the chill out the air,box is approx 4ft long x 3ft wide x 3ft high

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Think I may do the same , Iwasnt sure really how hot they would get but like you say now it is up and runnin not vary hot

 

Do you think it would work if I was to put a new suspended floor in the box with say a 4 inch gap underneath and put the heater in the void, drill a load of half inch holes in the floor then so the heat could come up thro her bedding ?

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Think I may do the same , Iwasnt sure really how hot they would get but like you say now it is up and runnin not vary hot

 

Do you think it would work if I was to put a new suspended floor in the box with say a 4 inch gap underneath and put the heater in the void, drill a load of half inch holes in the floor then so the heat could come up thro her bedding ?

no reason why it shouldnt but but then what are you using for bedding,iv got hay in their box,two dogs sharing,but they got the room to move away from the heater if it gets a bit to warm and theres no chance of any falling on the tube :thumbs:
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Think I may do the same , Iwasnt sure really how hot they would get but like you say now it is up and runnin not vary hot

 

Do you think it would work if I was to put a new suspended floor in the box with say a 4 inch gap underneath and put the heater in the void, drill a load of half inch holes in the floor then so the heat could come up thro her bedding ?

no reason why it shouldnt but but then what are you using for bedding,iv got hay in their box,two dogs sharing,but they got the room to move away from the heater if it gets a bit to warm and theres no chance of any falling on the tube :thumbs:

 

 

they turn them selfs off at a certain heat there great used them for a wail now

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Think I may do the same , Iwasnt sure really how hot they would get but like you say now it is up and runnin not vary hot

 

Do you think it would work if I was to put a new suspended floor in the box with say a 4 inch gap underneath and put the heater in the void, drill a load of half inch holes in the floor then so the heat could come up thro her bedding ?

no reason why it shouldnt but but then what are you using for bedding,iv got hay in their box,two dogs sharing,but they got the room to move away from the heater if it gets a bit to warm and theres no chance of any falling on the tube :thumbs:

 

 

they turn them selfs off at a certain heat there great used them for a wail now

was good advice mate,nice and snug this winter :thumbs:
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lad on here put me onto one of these so iv just got one 125w only two foot long,iv fitted it to the back wall of the sleeping box and screwed a mesh cover over it to protect it and the cable £25 from argos,job done :thumbs:

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im thinking of using 1 of these tube heaters in the dog box's under a false floor but a bit worried about them over heating, has any 1 tried this or would i be better of mounting on the wall?

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I normally use quilts in the box , think I will put it on the wall thinking about it , as she should be plenty warm underneath where She is laying on quilts may be better to warm the air around her, and maybe the heater wount cut out with it over heating then

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ComPlete waste of time are the tubular heaters. Get a 250 w heat lamp and put a 150w low energy lamp in. Cost the same to run as the tubular heater but much better for the dogs. Drys them quicker and also the heat is great for any bangs or injurys it might of picked up. Plus it will keep them calm in the kennel.

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ComPlete waste of time are the tubular heaters. Get a 250 w heat lamp and put a 150w low energy lamp in. Cost the same to run as the tubular heater but much better for the dogs. Drys them quicker and also the heat is great for any bangs or injurys it might of picked up. Plus it will keep them calm in the kennel.

 

mine aint in there to dry the dogs mate dont put them away wet like i said just to take the chill off the air for the pup even though she in with another dog as for the injurys good thinking :thumbs:

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