Fate X
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i happened to notice the water in the mist resivoir tank is getting cold so i figured out a way to heat it with these items: one 60 wt ceramic heater ,one zoomed cage clamplight ,one dimmer switch and a 5 gallon bucket.
what i did was dis-assemble the clamp light , i removed the clamp and removed the ceramic fixture and reversed it so that i can sit it on the floor and the socket faces up so i put the infrared ceramic heater in it faces up.
then i take a heavyduty 5 gallon bucket these can be used for hot water 160f
and drill 1" holes on the bottom with a bore bit.
then you put the bucket over the infrared heater and sit it on the floor ,if you look through the holes you can see the top of the heater so you can center it.
then i used pieces of 1x3 to raise the bucket about 1/2 " off the floor so the extra heat can escape and room for the wire
.
next plug the light fixture into a dimmer switch i made mine from a extension cord,dimmer switch, switchbox.
after all that i put my 5 gallon mist tank on top of the 5 gallon inverted heater tank the water gets hot if you run the 60 wt ceramic heater without a dimmer i had 3 gallons of water in the tank and it was hot,you turn down the heat with the dimmer and set it for what temp you want.
the way it works:
the heat from the ceramic heater rises up through the bucket and goes through the holes then warms the resivior tank this works very good .
if you don't drill the 1" holes it wont got very hot and when you invert the heater bucket you gotta keep it off the floor about 1/2" i used 3 peices of 1x3 and sit the bucket on them.
im gonna take some pictures of it and put them here.
what i did was dis-assemble the clamp light , i removed the clamp and removed the ceramic fixture and reversed it so that i can sit it on the floor and the socket faces up so i put the infrared ceramic heater in it faces up.
then i take a heavyduty 5 gallon bucket these can be used for hot water 160f
and drill 1" holes on the bottom with a bore bit.
then you put the bucket over the infrared heater and sit it on the floor ,if you look through the holes you can see the top of the heater so you can center it.
then i used pieces of 1x3 to raise the bucket about 1/2 " off the floor so the extra heat can escape and room for the wire
.
next plug the light fixture into a dimmer switch i made mine from a extension cord,dimmer switch, switchbox.
after all that i put my 5 gallon mist tank on top of the 5 gallon inverted heater tank the water gets hot if you run the 60 wt ceramic heater without a dimmer i had 3 gallons of water in the tank and it was hot,you turn down the heat with the dimmer and set it for what temp you want.
the way it works:
the heat from the ceramic heater rises up through the bucket and goes through the holes then warms the resivior tank this works very good .
if you don't drill the 1" holes it wont got very hot and when you invert the heater bucket you gotta keep it off the floor about 1/2" i used 3 peices of 1x3 and sit the bucket on them.
im gonna take some pictures of it and put them here.