Herpstat/ ProProducts RHP HELP

[maausen]

Hey guys so recently I moved to a new place about 10 minutes from my old place. Since then my setup with my one snake has been acting funny. The best way to describe it is that I have my herpstat set to 90.5 degrees. Lately the thermostat has only been reaching 87.6 degrees at 100% and will not reach the 90.5 degrees. The thermostat probe and temperature probe are right next to eachother under the RHP on the surface of the substrate.

Has anybody had this type of issue? My setup is in a AP cage with a proproduct RHP and before the move it all worked great. I've tried unplugging everything and what not with no luck. HELP!

[Coluber42]

Where is your enclosure situated in your new place and where was it in your old place? Have you checked and ruled out any differences in the room temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of draft/airflow? Is it possible that in your new place, the room the cage is in just gets less sun, more airflow, more a/c, etc and is therefore cooler by enough that your rhp isn't quite enough to heat the cage to the same temperature as before?

[maausen]

yes I have thought about that and I dont think its that because for a short amount of time it was at the correct temps. Plus I dont see the reason why the herpstat would not get above 88.7 to reach 90.5. It still is sitting at 88.7 at 100% power and hasnt reached 90.5..

[treaux]

What size cage and what size RHP are you using? What's the ambient temp of your room?

[maausen]

I have an AP T3. The ambient temps are probably around 68 degrees. I still dont understand how the herpstat would not be reaching the temp of 90 degrees. Usually it will reach the desired temp and shut off and on to keep it at there where it is stuck at 88 degrees and will not reach the temp..

[Coluber42]

Have you checked the temperature in the same place with a different thermometer see if the reading matches?
If giving the panel full power doesn't actually get the thermostat probe to the set point, it will keep it at full power, but it can't give more than that.

By way of trouble shooting, try holding the probe of the thermostat right against the rhp. If the thermostat is working correctly, it should get over your set point in pretty short order and shut off the rhp.

If the thermostat cuts the power when you hold the probe against the panel, and a separate thermometer agrees with the thermostat, the thermostat is probably not the problem. In that case, either your rhp isn't heating up as it should, or your enclosure is losing heat somewhere that it wasn't before you moved.

My last thought and I don't know if this is even possible or likely, is maybe there's a problem with the outlet (or the wiring or the fuse? I'm not an electrician!) and it is somehow not supplying power as it should.

[maausen]

These are awesome ideas and I thank you very much for them! I will try these out tonight and let you know.

[maausen]

so after checking those ideas the thermostat has to be ruled out. Whats weird is that the first few days living here seemed fine, but nothing has changed since then. (temp of house, or moved, etc.)... I am going to try a few things to see if the outlet is the problem but I still just cant figure out why it wont power up to the correct temps...

[Sauzo]

I actually talked to Bob at Pro Products about this a long time ago. He gave me a few things to try. First, try bypassing the T-stat and just run the RHP straight off the wall and see if it goes higher. If so, then you have a t-stat issue. If that doesn't fix it, then try a different outlet. Bob mentioned something about some older houses/buildings have "funky" wiring that might not allow full voltage to reach the RHP thus basically throttling it. Also you can try putting something to soak up heat to amplify the heating like a flat piece of slate or flagstone or the hide. RHPs don't really warm the air per say. They warm objects under them which in turn gives off heat which does warm the air. If all else fails, you might need to step up to the next size of RHP.

[chrid16371]

How many watts is the rhp and what size cage?

I had the same problem, set it to 90 but wouldn't go past 89. I ended up having to put a uth on the hot side and set it to 84 so it would make the inside ground 80 and then the rhp did the rest and only ran on 35% power. Then when I bought a T10 cage I also bought a couple of used pro products ph-12 122w (I think) rhp and put one in T10 and then set the smaller cage that wouldn't get to temp on top of the T10.

Unless you can solve it by sauzo suggestions you will either have to try to exchange it for a more powerful one or use a uth with it.

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