Cabinet heater

private fraser

Well-Known Member
I've done a search and found that reptile mats seem to be quite popular as cabinet heaters.
My question is...what wattage / size do folk have?.
It's for a 6 gun cabinet.
A link to would be handy if possible.
Thanks.
 
I've done a search and found that reptile mats seem to be quite popular as cabinet heaters.
My question is...what wattage / size do folk have?.
It's for a 6 gun cabinet.
A link to would be handy if possible.
Thanks.


Why would you want to heat your gun safe ?

Regards

Ed
 
My cabinets are in an unheated area, always give the guns metalwork a wipe with Leiga spray, never any issues with damp, rust etc. Pondered the use of silica gel bags, glad I haven't now I've seen RD's post.
 
Risking a reply from Luckyeddie i think stocks should retain about 5% moisture to keep them hard and free of cracking. I have gun socks on mine and in an unheated but dry cupboard.
 
Cabinet in a built in wardrobe and bolted to outside wall.
Can get a bit chilly in there so the idea is just to lift the temp to normal room temp.
Guns are synthetic furniture except for a Mossberg pump which I think will be ok.
 
You could try one of the low voltage greenhouse heaters in the wardrobe that way increasing the overall temperature of the wardrobe and cabinet
 
Thanks archie,I considered that but the way it's laid out I would have problems that way.
Prefer just a heater in the cabinet itself. Prob looking at about 8 watts,just wondered how others had got on with it.
 
My cabinets are in an unheated area, always give the guns metalwork a wipe with Leiga spray, never any issues with damp, rust etc. Pondered the use of silica gel bags, glad I haven't now I've seen RD's post.

I have a few small silica gel bags, the kind you get in shoe boxes, in my cabinet. Are they doing more harm than good?
 
Small Vivaruium matt is what I use on a cabinet that gets subjected to temp change, the other I have don't so i have no requirement for them.

The matt is small fitted at the back wall of the cabinet in question and linked to the mains.

Works a treat and keeps the contents in dry moving air.
 
I've fitted my guns in a garage that was subject to temperature change due to cooling and warming during the night and day, the windows warmed the place up and vapor condensed on some of the actions causing slight surface rust. My solution was to box the cabinet in with an insulated cupboard, I can access easily. I then added a 40w tube heater in the cupboard to keep the temperature warm and stable.
 
Just be aware if you buy a heater mat you'll have to remove the supplied (and often moulded in ) plug, drill a suitable flex diameter hole in the cabinet and then protect the hole / flex in this area from being cut. Then thread the flex through and re wire a plug to it (suitably fused)
 
Back
Top