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    Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    I have a couple of idoit questions. I just purchased a couple of acurite thermometers from Wal-mart and I don't know if i set it to Out or In? Also do i place the probe underneath the substrate, so it could get the reading striaght from the uth? Help........

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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    Have any pics of the thermometer? I bought a few of walmarts thermometers

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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    "in" reads the temp at the unit


    "out" reads the temp at the probe.

    i put my probes on the warm side and the unit on the cool side. i use paper, so i put the probe right on the tub bottom. your snake can burrow, so it would be nice to know that the tub bottom isn't too hot or cold.


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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    You shouldn't have to "set it" to "in or out"....but the display may show a clock as well as one of the temps...you can press one of the buttons on the front to toggle the display to show both temps.

    The way I have mine set up: The unit itself is resting inside the tub in the front corner of the cool side so I can read it without opening the tub. That's the "indoor" temperature. The probe is tucked under the warm-side hide, which is where the snake spends most of her time when she's on the warm side, so those are the temps I want to monitor. That's the "outdoor" temp.

    Hope that helps some. The humidity is also measured at the unit itself, and not from the probe.
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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    i have an acurite in/out and humidity and a regular in/out. i put the probe under his warm side hide, under a little substrait but not touching glass, and the unit outside his hide, then i do the same with the other on the cool side, under his hide in substrait and outside his hide. this way i can know the temps in this hides where he spends most of his time, and the ambient temps.

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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    Quote Originally Posted by crisstyle21
    Have any pics of the thermometer? I bought a few of walmarts thermometers




    Thanks for the help guys

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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    I would put the probe in the middle of the cage next to the substrate. That would be a great place for it.


    Good luck.
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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    The thermometer in the first picture is capable of reading two temperatures. Place the actual thermometer body on the cool end of the enclosure, then place the probe on the warm end, wherever your heat source is. Then the thermometer should give you both readings at the same time.
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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Wagner
    I would put the probe in the middle of the cage next to the substrate. That would be a great place for it.


    Good luck.
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    Just curious....why would you put the probe in the middle of the cage?
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    Re: Acurite Digital Thermometer Question?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rapture
    The thermometer in the first picture is capable of reading two temperatures. Place the actual thermometer body on the cool end of the enclosure, then place the probe on the warm end, wherever your heat source is. Then the thermometer should give you both readings at the same time.
    My original plan was to do it that way, but decided not to thinking my bp would just have a field day with throwing that thing around, and getting caught in the wire.

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