So no heat tape, Keith?
Or did you forget it? 😉

Great that they're facing east, protected by the house.
The worst weather blows down from the northwest at my place.

Barb

Hey Barb. If you check out the 6th picture you will see a tan heat tape. It also does the Camellia beside it.

That outta do'er whats the on/off temp on the heat tape?

Hey hardyjim it says on the package the heat tape turns on and stays on if the tempature is colder than 3C or colder than 38 F.
Keith

Yup, see it now.

Hey hardyjim it says on the package the heat tape turns on and stays on if the tempature is colder than 3C or colder than 38 F.
Keith

As Curly used to say-

poifect!

Looks great. Lucky they are close to the building too, that adds heat too.

Nice protection Hasty, ill try this year the same protection than my palms. Small Styrofoam box with a 13 watts CFL bulb with thermocube 2-7c. Will see next spring.

Ben

Thanks for the comments. Beny I was wondering what a thermocube is? Also some people say you dont get much heat from a cfl bulb. I have never used bulbs so I can't say. good luck!
Keith

Hasty,a thermocube is like a electronic thermostat with 2 plug. Google thermocube and you ll see. A CFL bulb do the job when you use stryrofoam for your box. Thats build the heat slowly inside, i actually use another system for my Washingtonia. I use heat cable 40 feets 200 watts for a 6 feets tall styrofoam box, 2 feets wide with thermocube. Its a bit to much, better using 20 feets cable. My cable heat to much, reaching 18c ( -1c outside) and go down in few hour to +5c, after that the thermocube restard the cable for another +18c...
A small heat cable like 100-150 watts its better..

Ben

Keith,

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=thermocube&_sacat=0&_from=R40

I use a T-3 thermocube inside my palm hut.
When temps get below 35F, its thermostat kicks on the ceramic heater.
Thermocube kicks heater off at 45F, so it never freezes inside the hut.

Also use a T-3 (there are different types that go on/off at different temps) inside the Washy enclosure.
There it turns on C-9 Christmas lights in a long set of strings that go to the other Washy enclosure too.
And the 3 yuccas in between the 2 Washy enclosures.

But you don't need a thermocube if you're using a pipe heating tape wrapped around your palm.
Because that's got its own thermostat.

Barb

Im agree Barb, i use that T3 too...do the job well.

Thanks guys that looks like they would work. learn something new every day.
Keith

dont get much heat from a cfl bulb

Keith, you're right.
A CFL emits approx. one-third the heat of incandescent.

See "heat emitted" under Important Facts (near bottom of page)

http://www.designrecycleinc.com/led%20comp%20chart.html

Barb