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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21/06/2010 : 15:13:29
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Everyone is moving house at the moment and I spent ages yesterday evening really thoroughly scrubbing Bellatrix's new vivarium for her (it's not been used for aaaaages and was a bit grubby). It came with a filthy old heat mat that was a bit worse for wear, so my plan was to take that one out and put it under Luna's rub where the condition of it didn't matter, and put the heat mat that Luna was using into Bella's new home.
I unscrewed the plug and discovered that instead of a "normal" plug, it was a two pin thingy that was masquerading as a proper UK plug. Absolutely no way to undo it so I could put the heatmat into Bella's viv and feed the wire out of the hole in the back. So now I've had to spend another tenner on another heat mat (and I made sure it was a proper UK plug on this one!) and Bella is still stuck in her small old tank that's really too little for her now.
A great big BAH!! 
[This vent brought to you by angry ranting pixie of Nottingham.] |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2010 : 16:33:40
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It's always the same with best laid plans n all that. Is it not possible to cut the plug off and rewire a new plug on it. I'm useless with electrics so don't know if that is safe or possible lol.
Where abouts in Nottingham are you? |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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28 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2010 : 16:51:26
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| Is it one of those wooden vivs with the white vents? I cut a tiny hole in there for my heat mat to go through, so you put the entire plug through it then the vent back on and just line it up so it goes through the hole. My viv was bought locally though so the VivExotic or other ones may be different. Good luck :) |
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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2010 : 17:38:55
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I haven't got the right tools for cutting and stripping the cable and if I went out and bought them and discovered it was all mad overseas wiring I;d just have to go out and buy a new heat mat as well as spending £££ on the tools!
I think it's a home-made viv Trevah; there's no vents like you describe. There's just a strip covered with wire mesh across the back at the top and a nice hole just the right size for a cable (but not a plug) to go through.
New heat mat on its way... hang on in there Bels! |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2010 : 17:39:28
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Oh - I'm nearish City Hospital  |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2010 : 19:42:07
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| Nearly all mats are 2 wired inside the main cable, these are normally brown and blue. If it was different coloured it shouldn't have made much odds anyway as they can take the voltage in either direction. They're not polarity specific. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
3348 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 12:15:03
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Originally posted by inkiepixie
I haven't got the right tools for cutting and stripping the cable
Didnt you have a knive  |
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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 12:25:27
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| Not one sharp enough, no. |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 12:53:27
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| Won't you have to take off the plug with your new heatmat though to get it through the hole? :p |
  
A very special super, duper thanks for K :3 |
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Mouse
Yearling
United Kingdom
958 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 12:56:02
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I use scissors to cut the old plug off, and to make a split in the outer rubber, then after pulling them out a bit from the sheathing, I run a scissor blade round the wire coating, and pull off the excess. The rest is either screwdrivers, or makeshift knife!
(Or I did before I had the right tools anyhew!!)
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/MainPage/SecDepts/Physics/Resources/Glossary/Plug.gif |
 
1.0.0 - Gobo - Snow Corn (RIP)
0.1.0 - Sprockett - Normal/hypo/het snow Corn
2.0.0 Anery Hatchlings
0.1.0 Amel Hatchling
0.1.0 Normal Hatchling
*Location - Southampton, UK*
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 13:13:33
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| I use my teeth for stripping the wires, I don't see the point of having lovely sharp teeth without using them as tools like they were originally developed for. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 13:14:05
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Originally posted by Sta~ple
Won't you have to take off the plug with your new heatmat though to get it through the hole? :p
Yes, I can do a normal UK plug but this wasn't a normal UK plug. It was a FREAK. It was like a European plug but narrower, and was plugged into a UK plug. |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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inkiepixie
Hatchling
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 13:14:58
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
I use my teeth for stripping the wires, I don't see the point of having lovely sharp teeth without using them as tools like they were originally developed for.
Ha, I'm always using my teeth for stuff and that's what I say when people look shocked! I'm not sure mine are strong enough for cable stripping though  |
0.0.1 classic: Bellatrix
0.1.0 anery (het amel): Luna
1.0.0 hypo lavender (het amel ph stripe): Orion
1.1.0 kittycats: George and Pixie
1.0.0 hound: Shadow
1.0.0 husband: Louis
Location: Nottingham
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Mouse
Yearling
United Kingdom
958 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2010 : 15:56:14
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I used to use teeth, till I found out I had weak enamel and have scuppered a few of my teeth....oops!
*whispers* sometimes I still do XD *stops whispering!* |
1.0.0 - Gobo - Snow Corn (RIP)
0.1.0 - Sprockett - Normal/hypo/het snow Corn
2.0.0 Anery Hatchlings
0.1.0 Amel Hatchling
0.1.0 Normal Hatchling
*Location - Southampton, UK*
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Grrrr, stupid heat mat
