heating problem, can someone help me?

[jbatzkiel]

I just built a melamine rack for my ball pythons (7 tubs high) and I installed 11" flexwatt up the back panel on the inside of course, currently my herpstat is set at 115 degrees and I cannot get the inside of the tub over 79-80 degrees, is there always this big of difference in temp vs setpoint? And is it safe to raise the temp on the flexwatt any higher? Any advice is much appreciated!

[iCandiBallPythons]

what is your room temp? did you double check to make sure your connections are nice and tight?

[jbatzkiel]

My room temp is 68 and I had the people that I bought the flexwatt from hook it up for me before they shipped it. I have the herpstat probe right on the flexwatt and it has no trouble getting to temp but the warm end of the tub just isn't getting warm enough.

[iCandiBallPythons]

Bringing the ambient room temp up should help. Reptile basics suggests back heat for 74 degree and up room temps and belly heat for temps below that.