1st timer. Please help

[sharthun]

Originally Posted by Chronix

I guess this is an uphill battle for life. I took away one heating pad ( the lower temp one ) because it was like 100+ on the heat surface the other day. Made my adjustments and he's happy now. I can't find a thermostat anywhere to Include online. How much are they? And I plug my pad into it and then it into the wall? How does it work exactly. And how bad is an unrestricted heat pad?

I posted a link above for a couple thermostats. The hydrofarm works great for the money. You plug your heat pad into the thermostat. The thermostat has a temp prob that you put between your heat pad and bottom of tank. Then measure surface temp of substrate of hot side where snake hangs out. Adjust the thermostat to get desired temperature. Thermostats are a necessity! No overheating!