Where does the ground wire go?

[LarryS]

I would have thought that you would NOT want a cage heater on a Residual current device. They have been known to trip for various non life threatening reasons at times.

If your animals health and possible life depends on the heat, wouldn't it be better off on a dedicated circuit?

I would think continuity and reliability would be more important for the animal. A normal snake enclosure would present an unlikely possibility of electrocution unless it is located in an area that is wet or it is required by code in this location.

I'm not disagreeing, just genuinely curious on this. I so agree that you should always go with the plan of highest safety, but in this case it seems like it could actually be a detriment to the animal??

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by LarryS

I would have thought that you would NOT want a cage heater on a Residual current device. They have been known to trip for various non life threatening reasons at times.

If your animals health and possible life depends on the heat, wouldn't it be better off on a dedicated circuit?

I would think continuity and reliability would be more important for the animal. A normal snake enclosure would present an unlikely possibility of electrocution unless it is located in an area that is wet or it is required by code in this location.

I'm not disagreeing, just genuinely curious on this. I so agree that you should always go with the plan of highest safety, but in this case it seems like it could actually be a detriment to the animal??

If you are monitoring your snakes enclosure daily and something happened to trip the heat off, it should not be off long enough for your snake to be effected. Human safety over snake comfort should come first. Also most times it would be a major job to run a dedicated circuit for the enclosure. The wires probably would have to be fished threw the walls. If it was a dedicated circuit you would not notice if it tripped the breaker as fast as if it were a house circuit, because on a house circuit you would notice other things that were off. Also if you are tripping breakers a lot, you need to find out why, I have not tripped a breaker for years in my house.