All,
I am a newb and need somehelp trouble shooting my current tub setup. My ambient temperature never gets more than 1 degree aprox above room temperature. Here is my setup.
Tub: Sterilite 28qt . 10 Holes on each long side for a total of 20. 5 Holes on each short side for a total of 10. 30 holes total. These holes are staggered.
Thermometer: Accurite with wired probe. Base of Unit is on back left of tub which is the cool side. Probe is on right side of tub on floor directly above the UTH. Centered in middle of UTH. Sits on top of substrate.
UTH: Zoo Med Medium. Covers 1/3 of tubs bottom. It is taped on using aluminum tape. I never took backing off of UTH. Tape is around edges of UTH on all four sides.
Thermostat: Zoomed Reptitherm. Current settings are at 93 degrees as shown by the Accurite thermometer. It pretty much keeps it pegged almost exact most of the time. Only seen it be 1 degree off cooler. 92 Degrees. Probe of the thermostat is taped on to bottom middle of UTH using aluminum tape.
Substrate: Aspen shredded with .5 inch application on bottom of tub.
Water dish: medium to small shallow reptile dish as found in petstores. It sits on cool side front left. Directly opposite the accurite base which is in back left.
I think that is all my relative setup info. Here are my temp readings. As you can see I am also having higher than expected Humidity.
Warm side reading: 93
Cool side reading: 77
Humidity: 89% ( No visible condensation or moistore on walls and substrate does not feel moist to the touch)
So outside of keeping my house at 80 degrees ( I live in Texas and this is not going to be practical.) any ideas on how to get my ambient bumped to 80?
I for some reason expected the UTH to be able to eventually warm the ambient up to acceptable conditions but it has been 48+ hours and it pretty much stays room temp at the Accurite base.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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