New enclosure heating advice

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

do you have a thermostat hooked up to the che?

The thermostat isn't gonna matter if it's not positioned in the right spot. If the thermostat probe is a foot away from the CHE and it's set to 90 it's gonna heat as hot as it needs to in order to get that probe to 90 degrees. That means it can potentially max out trying to get the probe to temperature.

I'm tired of people just saying get a thermostat, or just set the thermostat to X degrees and you're fine without asking the necessary setup questions in order to help it get set up properly. A thermostat needs to be dialed in to make sure other parts of the cage aren't getting ridiculously hot. If it's not set up properly you might as well not use one.

[Scubadiver59]

Case in point...ZooMed large UTHs at the bottom of two 40gal viv's, ~1/2-1in of cypress mulch, and my Herpstats are dialed in to 92F to get a 85F read in my Albino King viv, and 100F to get a 90F reading in my BP viv. All temps read at the substrate w/laser thermometer.

You can't just set and forget...you have to keep an eye on things and test, test, test.

Originally Posted by jjhill001

The thermostat isn't gonna matter if it's not positioned in the right spot. If the thermostat probe is a foot away from the CHE and it's set to 90 it's gonna heat as hot as it needs to in order to get that probe to 90 degrees. That means it can potentially max out trying to get the probe to temperature.

I'm tired of people just saying get a thermostat, or just set the thermostat to X degrees and you're fine without asking the necessary setup questions in order to help it get set up properly. A thermostat needs to be dialed in to make sure other parts of the cage aren't getting ridiculously hot. If it's not set up properly you might as well not use one.

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

The thermostat isn't gonna matter if it's not positioned in the right spot. If the thermostat probe is a foot away from the CHE and it's set to 90 it's gonna heat as hot as it needs to in order to get that probe to 90 degrees. That means it can potentially max out trying to get the probe to temperature.

I'm tired of people just saying get a thermostat, or just set the thermostat to X degrees and you're fine without asking the necessary setup questions in order to help it get set up properly. A thermostat needs to be dialed in to make sure other parts of the cage aren't getting ridiculously hot. If it's not set up properly you might as well not use one.

Yes, i know this, but its very important to have a thermostat, that was the only question i was going to ask first, i am building my reticulated python her adult enclosure and have the che and the thermostat lined up correctly.

[dannybgoode]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

The thermostat isn't gonna matter if it's not positioned in the right spot. If the thermostat probe is a foot away from the CHE and it's set to 90 it's gonna heat as hot as it needs to in order to get that probe to 90 degrees. That means it can potentially max out trying to get the probe to temperature.

I'm tired of people just saying get a thermostat, or just set the thermostat to X degrees and you're fine without asking the necessary setup questions in order to help it get set up properly. A thermostat needs to be dialed in to make sure other parts of the cage aren't getting ridiculously hot. If it's not set up properly you might as well not use one.

I posted an extensive write up on how I place the probe for a che. Works exceptionally well...


http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...snake-viv.html

Ignore my comments in the post re: uth's if you wish

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

I posted an extensive write up on how I place the probe for a che. Works exceptionally well...


http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...snake-viv.html

Ignore my comments in the post re: uth's if you wish

that is actually how im building my retics adult enclosure!