Help with cool side...ideas???

[ivylea77]

Here is a pic of my set-up.




My concern is this, recently the temps have dropped in our area. The space heater is too much to sleep with at night as it warms our room to around 80* (Dh doesn't like it that hot ) I do have a human heat pad on top of the cool side to help but it doesn't seem to heat the bottom as well (80*) Placing the heat pad on the bottem puts off too much heat even on the lowest setting.

I have a johnson t-stat.that I was saving for when I get my two corns. They are currently set up with a 3" peice flexwatt. Could I run another peice of 3" flex to the cool side and into the johnsons so that it heats the corns and the cool side of my BP?

[Smulkin]

Placing the heat pad on the bottem puts off too much heat even on the lowest setting.

Dou you have the enclosure directly on the heat pad?

If so try using blocks/rails of wood to elevate it off the pad slightly. I've done this with several setups including the big reptile-tub rig the AfRock is in.

[ivylea77]

I do have it set directly on there. I had the tub elevated about a 1/2 inch anyway, maybe I'll try elevating a little more. Thanks



Is it possible though to use the 3' tape and t-stat with both the BP and corn. I know they are different species, but would the temps at 83-84 be OK for the corns' hot side as well as the BP's cool side? dun know just wonderiong.

[sirhissball]

Most people will probably tell you that everything plugged into your t-stat needs to be identical, but I do something a little different. I have two different UTH's plugged into the same t-stat, and have one of them on a dimmer to achieve the perfect cool side temps...it is consistent, and produces great results. As long as you can provide correct consistent temps for your snakes, I don't see the problem.