For the people will a enclosed belly heat rack.

How many thermostats do you have running your rack? I have searched and searched and still haven't found a straight answer.

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Originally Posted by Black Hills Reptiles

How many thermostats do you have running your rack? I have searched and searched and still haven't found a straight answer.

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One per rack, probe on a middle shelf. The heat tape should all be the same type/length on each shelf.

So if u have a 10 tall rack one will cover heat rising in to the top shelfs?

with the probe on the middle shelf the you'll only have a slight temperature variance between top and bottom

Is that slight to much or no? I have read every 2 to 3 shelves I also have read one per rack. So what's correct? Are the temperature differences big enough to where you can't use the top or bottom because there to hot or cold?

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Originally Posted by Black Hills Reptiles

Is that slight to much or no? I have read every 2 to 3 shelves I also have read one per rack. So what's correct? Are the temperature differences big enough to where you can't use the top or bottom because there to hot or cold?

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The tallest I have is 8 41-qt tubs high and I've not noticed any difference. I've found there's more of a variation if the tub is warped on the bottom, which permits more of an air gap between the tub and the heat tape than the others do.

Awesome that's what I was looking for!

For a 10 bin rack I'd use 2 probes. 1 probe on the 3rd from the bottom and 1 probe on the 3rd from the top. The floor in my exotics room is cold, and for me I noticed a difference from top to bottom. If your floor is around the same as the temperature of the room, then 1 probe is likely fine.

My room has a cool temperature and I use 4 to run the rack. The top three hot spots on one, the bottom 2 on a second and I need secondary heat zone as well so 1 runs the bottom 3 secondary and the fourth is the top two.

The single system often needs two one for the rack and one for the room temp. This might be a reptile stat running an oil heater, the built in stat on the heater or a regular room one but two are typical.