Possible to make a welding rod storage container

This will give you a nice unit that will serve the purpose well. Make sure you wire up the bulb holder sensibly. If you are in a cold area, an old bar fridge that no longer works could make it even easier to make and keep the heat in all through that long winter. A 40 watt bulb will probably be enough depending on the size of your box.

Hope this helps, Peter

The local dealer told me that 7018MR (moisture resistant) keeps well in the gasket-sealed plastic tube rod holders.

wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... | Is it possible to cheaply do? COuld I make a metal container and just | put a small appliance lightbulb in there? WOuld it hurt to be | constantly on?

I got a 30MM (?) ammo can and tacked in a divider with a bunch of small holes (actually parts of an old PC power supply. I cut off some of the tabs and welded the tabs in, attached to the divider, making the divider removable) The divider holds just enough room for a 100W reptile heater bulb and keeps the can at about 132 degrees or more (hard to tell with what I measured it with) all the time. The same bracket that holds the lamp base also holds the male power receptacle I took out of the power supply and mounted it in the end of the can, though the end wall. This way I plug the can in, leaving one latch undone, then after a day or two of non-use I close the lid completely and remove the cord. When it cools down its now vacuum packed.

I guess you are in a humid climate. Some folks here use a 5 gallon bucket and glue in short lengths of PVC pipe. Cover as needed.