Just got my VE-200 thermostat today in the mail! Woo! I've been playing around with the temp settings all day today to try and get it right. I initially set it to 92F (ambient temp in that room is about 75F). I left it for a couple hours since I didn't know how long it would take to get to the right temps and found hot spots ranging from 98F to 102F (animals were not in the rack during this time)! It is a 3 shelf rack, the top two racks have 2 15qt sterilite tubs and the bottom rack has a 32qt sterilite tub. This rack has always had hotter temps on the bottom and lower temps on top, so I placed the probe in the middle rack, hoping to kind of meet in the middle.
I don't know if it makes a difference but I live in Florida so it is already pretty warm here. What do you guys have your tstat set to to get the perfect temps? I reset it to have a high of 85F just so that it would cool down enough for me to put my animals back in the rack. First time with such a precise device! I was using one of the cheapo zilla ones before.
Sorry for the rambling, I'm just a little lost when it comes to working this thing!