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Faulty Thermostat??
Hey everyone,
I'm hoping someone can shed some light. Maybe someone here has experienced a similar fault
I've got several thermostats, and they're all made by Komodo or HabiStat. They each control one heat mat, or lamp.
Recently my BP had a bad poop, and skipped his last couple feeds. I was convinced I wasn't thawing out the food properly, dodgy batch of rodents, or something. Can't believe I didn't check temps (rookie mistake). Last night, I noticed that the lamp in his tank was dull (it was late and the room was warm - didn't think much of it) and when I checked the thermostat today it was set to 22C (~72F). Checked a few others and they've dropped (but no other snake has been ill). Even the thermostat I bought a week ago dropped to low 20s (Celsius).
Has anyone else experienced this fault or just me???? What brand thermostats do you use??? Maybe I've got a reptile-hating poltergeist adjusting my thermostats :P. A bit concerning nevertheless.
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Not too familiar with either of those thermostats are they on/off style?
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Re: Faulty Thermostat??
The one attached to the lamp is a pulse/dimming thermostat
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Not all lamps can go on dimmers so that might be part of the problem, what about switching to a ceramic heat emitter bulb instead of one that emits light? It sounds like that to raise ambient temps closer to 80 plus a heat mat on another thermostat to keep the hot spot around 90 would be what you would need. I'm assuming glass aquarium setup?
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If the tstat controlling the lamp is on/off in its function the light should either be off or on, not dim. A dim light on a non proportional tstat tells me it is failing.
We need more info about the tstat .
I only use Herpstat.
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