Posted by Hal/Eastern Washington on December 24, 2011 at 20:24:31 from (71.213.249.231):
In Reply to: OT Heat tape and pets posted by Heyseed on December 23, 2011 at 22:00:20:
I made a heating system for my dog's house with 2 haymow lighting fixtures (heavy glass domes on metal bases) and connected them with emt conduit. With the two fixtures wired in series and 60 watt bulbs in them, the well insulated dog house feels warm by radiant heat in the coldest weather. I first tried it with the fixtures wired in parallel, but the bulbs would go out too fast and the dog would get cold. Since I wired them in series about 5 years ago, I am still on the same pair of bulbs.
Before I got my current Border Collie, I had a 100 lb Boxer in the same house. Neither dog has ever bothered the light fixtures mounted to the ceiling of the doghouse and they sure seem to like the radiant heat they get from the system.
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