Re: Finally up and running!
Sort of answered my own question... + -1.8F margin of error on the temp gun, would put it about 0.1F below the herpstat, which I think correlates to the herpstat's margin of error perfectly if my memory is accurate.
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Re: Finally up and running!
The place I live in is not the most temperature-stable environment (it's not cold or anything though), and gets quite a bit of sunlight through parts of the day.
When the thermostat is on the outside, it works on a ratio premise (ie. when the thermostat is at 96, the enclosure should be at 90), but that seems to be only so effective when the ambient room temperature fluctuates, and unintended heat sources may be present during parts of the day.
So, for me, it seemed more reliable to have the probe inside, taking the reading from where it actually mattered. A cheaper back-up probe on the outside just means that even if the snake did somehow manage to dislodge the probe, at least the heat pad will only get so hot.