EPE Snug-Bug
Approx construction cost US$123
A 4-channel personal “central heating system,” with sensors, for your tropical pet’s home.
Keeping tropical pets is a rewarding and popular hobby. In order that the pets thrive the temperature of the environment must be maintained to within a few degrees and pet stores supply heating pads and thermostatic controllers for this purpose. If more than one habitat is involved then a separate controller/pad system should be used for each, especially if the habitats are located any distance apart or are in different rooms of the house.
This project describes a 4-channel thermostatic controller intended for use with up to four (dry) heat pads. The temperature range is designed to be from about 25°C to 40°C, though each pad may be individually calibrated to the user’s requirements.
More details on this construction project can be found in the April 2001 issue of EPE Online, the world's first web-delivered electronics and computing hobbyist magazine.
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