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Post by JimW » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:51 pm

I have using light bulbs for heat in my brooder box.... expensive, bulbs don't seem to last long, fire hazard, so wanted a different heat source this year.

So I am in the process of finishing up building a new insulated brooder box (will post photos another day), chicks due to hatch next week, so today my new electric "brooder hens" arrived.

I got 2 from Amazon.ca, 12 inches by 12 inches, 20 Watts, $75 Canadian, not super cheap, but cheaper than the Brinsea’s Eco-Glow 20 brooder and the Premier1 Heating Plate, so I figured I would give them a try.
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Post by windwalkingwolf » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:53 am

Wow, 20 watts?! Let me know how that works!
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Post by Ontario Chick » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:58 am

Yes, looking forward to a report :)
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Post by TomK » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:33 am

I'm very curious as well...looks like a nice setup and not a bad price...my concern is the 20w...living as I do, this would be appealing from an energy consumptive perspective but 20w is 20w..that all the heat one can expect...and thats not a lot...like i said, it has my interest..looking forward to followup
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Post by thegawd » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:58 am

well if its run off of something like heat tape it will definitely get hot enough. the 11" heat tape I used in my hatcher is something like 12 watts a foot and gets really hot very fast, it needs to be run off of a thermostate so that it doesn't get to hot, but works incredibly well.

this looks awesome Jim! I'm guna have to get tinkering with the heat tape I have and see what I can come up with.
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Post by Ontario Chick » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:56 am

Jim, did you get this one? there seems to be another one that's a bit more expensive, can't quite figure out what is the difference?
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Post by Killerbunny » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:13 pm

Think I have it figured out. The one on .com is US $. May have to order one of these by the end of the day!
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Post by Killerbunny » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:34 pm

OK so I ordered one. I remembered what fun it was having a lamp shatter in the middle of the night!
Gee thx Jim LOL!
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Post by JimW » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:58 pm

I ordered off of Amazon.ca $74.99 Canadian.

https://www.amazon.ca/Brooder-Electric- ... ectric+hen
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Post by JimW » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:01 pm

Ya I am not sure about the only 20 Watts but will give it a try. Premier1 sells a similar larger plate, 16" x 24" that is 66 Watts I believe.

I have used the IR heating panels for reptiles before and they produce quite a lot of heat for the watts ans this thing is basically the same thing. So hoping it works well.

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