Thermostat question

[shaunyboy]

i never have any bother setting tanks up with ceamic bulbs but.....

with my daylight bulbs for my diamonds,i find i spend a week or two adjusting the thermostat every other morning,until it settles at the correct temps

it could even be a case of new bulbs need time to settle in ?

as its only light emmiting bulbs that give me this problem ?

i attatch my probe on the back wall directly below the heat source,if the tank has a basking shelf below the bulb,i put the probe just above the shelf (half an inch to an inch)

if theres no shelf i put the probe,2 thirds below between the heat source and the floor,on the back wall

all my heat sources are fitted to the back righ corner of my tanks

i use one of those little half circle clips used to secure telephone cables to the wall.they have a little panel pin nail in them,i replace the nail with a small self tapping screw

i put the clip just above the actual probe,on the probe cable.this holds everything firmly in place

the only other thing i can think of is that your THERMOMETER may be FAULTY ?

i have a lazer temperature gun to double check all my thermometers

it may also be the probes being affected by daily differences,in ambient air temperatures of the room they are in,moving the probe closer to the heat source usually remmedies this for me

let us no how you get on mate

cheers shaun