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    Temps question

    So I have a UTH as her warm side, and a CHE set on very low as her cool side. Her UTH is at about 90-93F and the CHE is at about 75F, and I can't keep it any warmer than that. Should I just use another UTH for the cool side? She doesn't climb, so she only stays on ground level, which obviously means she'd be closer to the heat. Suggestions?

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    I live in an old draughty place and have cold room temps. I personally use dual UTHs with Dual t-stats. If you choose to do this kind of a set up I have 2 suggestions, the first is to use good T-stats I actually suggest a herpstat pro, it has 4 probes but will allow a second enclosure down the road and can be used for lighting as well.

    The second comment is to leave on one end of the enclosure a uncovered place where the snake could get away from the heat if there was a catastrophic failure of the t-stat.

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    Re: Temps question

    Quote Originally Posted by Tirevy View Post
    So I have a UTH as her warm side, and a CHE set on very low as her cool side. Her UTH is at about 90-93F and the CHE is at about 75F, and I can't keep it any warmer than that. Should I just use another UTH for the cool side? She doesn't climb, so she only stays on ground level, which obviously means she'd be closer to the heat. Suggestions?

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    Are you using a dimmer switch for that CHE? Or have it plugged directly to the wall outlet? How many watts is your CHE? If your able to turn up the power on that CHE. Then that will solve your problem.

    The way I have my enclosure setup is, UTH is 89-91F; controlled by T-Stat, and Hotside 89-93F, Coolside 78-84F both controlled by one Infrared heat lamp. And Humidity has been stable between 48-55%. The temps fluctuate accordingly to those temp ranges, but not too much.

    You can look up caresheets for BP's, you'll get ranges of temp numbers.
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    Re: Temps question

    Quote Originally Posted by Raf702 View Post
    Are you using a dimmer switch for that CHE? Or have it plugged directly to the wall outlet? How many watts is your CHE? If your able to turn up the power on that CHE. Then that will solve your problem.

    The way I have my enclosure setup is, UTH is 89-91F; controlled by T-Stat, and Hotside 89-93F, Coolside 78-84F both controlled by one Infrared heat lamp. And Humidity has been stable between 48-55%. The temps fluctuate accordingly to those temp ranges, but not too much.

    You can look up caresheets for BP's, you'll get ranges of temp numbers.


    I have it set on a dimmer.

    So, technically, I only have a hot and cool side, no in between. Should I do that, and if so, how?
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