I have 5 strips of 11 inch heat tape currently on my rack. all of them around 12 inches long. i have a herpstat controlling the temps and have it set at 87.5 degrees and on the different levels off my rack i have these temps from top to bottom. 85.1, 89.3, 83.7, 85.8 and 81.7. the probe for the herpstat is on the second level as it is normally at the highest temp. i cant figure out how to get the temps to stay close together, i wouldn't mine a +-1 degree but when my high is 89 and my low is 81 I can't help but to think there is something wrong.
Any idea how to correct this?