Huge Temperature Variance

Hello. I need help. I recently purchased 6 AP cages for my ball pythons. I also purchased a Spyder Robotics Herpstat 1 thermostat. I have all six flexx watt heat strips plugged into high quality surge protector and the one Herpstat 1 is controlling all six. The cages are set up in two stacks of three on top of an eight foot plastic fold out table with the thermostat probe under one of the middle cages. To monitor my temperatures, I am using $7 digital thermometers. The Herstat 1 is set at 100 degrees in order to warm up enough to go through the cage floors. The problem is I am getting readings as low as 86 degrees and as high as 99 degrees. I think I know the problem with the 86 degrees (I am getting this reading on the two bottom cages). There is an A/C vent close by and I probably need to put down some type of flame retardant insulation under the two bottom cages. I just don't understand how two of the cages are at a perfect 90 degrees and the other two are at 98 and 99 degrees.

Should I buy a second thermostat? Are the digital thermometers not accurate? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Tony

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Originally Posted by taxman0720

Hello. I need help. I recently purchased 6 AP cages for my ball pythons. I also purchased a Spyder Robotics Herpstat 1 thermostat. I have all six flexx watt heat strips plugged into high quality surge protector and the one Herpstat 1 is controlling all six. The cages are set up in two stacks of three on top of an eight foot plastic fold out table with the thermostat probe under one of the middle cages. To monitor my temperatures, I am using $7 digital thermometers. The Herstat 1 is set at 100 degrees in order to warm up enough to go through the cage floors. The problem is I am getting readings as low as 86 degrees and as high as 99 degrees. I think I know the problem with the 86 degrees (I am getting this reading on the two bottom cages). There is an A/C vent close by and I probably need to put down some type of flame retardant insulation under the two bottom cages. I just don't understand how two of the cages are at a perfect 90 degrees and the other two are at 98 and 99 degrees.

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I would use one IR thermometer/temp gun to take readings of the surface temperature for all of the enclosures, so you're not wondering if a particular thermometer is inaccurate. Also have you tried moving the thermometer(s) to different enclosures to see if the readings change?

+1 for using temp gun and another +1 for moving probes to different enclosures. I always compare various temp guns and thermometers to compare readings. Are the 2 cages that are giving you high readings the furthest away from the cool air from the ac? Just get a Herpstat 6 :)

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