Any way to use a CHE without killing the humidity?
The ambient temperatures in my girl's tub are hovering around 78-79 most of the time but I'd like to at least get them over 80. Closing the door in her room helps a bit but it also causes the humidity to skyrocket so I'd like to avoid that if at all possible. It seems like CHE on a dimmer is my best bet but since I've finally gotten her humidity to stay reliably in the 50s I'd kind of like to keep it there. Any way to use one without dropping it too badly? I was thinking of attaching it to a shelf above her tub that way it wasn't on it full force all the time and maybe that would help get the temperatures up without overly drying out the air, but I don't know. Anyone have any advice?
Thank you in advance!
Re: Any way to use a CHE without killing the humidity?
I have a Che and I put a bigger water bowl in the terrarium and put a damp towel covering one side of the top of the terrarium
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Re: Any way to use a CHE without killing the humidity?
I don't think putting a CHE near the tub in order to raise the ambient a few degrees will have too much affect on humidity.
Humidity is a ratio between the vapor pressure of water in the air to the saturation pressure of water. Saturation pressure is a function of temperature (and pressure, but that should be constant). So by definition, if you raise the temperature but do not add more water vapor to the air, the humidity goes down.
Having said all that, if your ambient is 78-79 and your snake has regulated heat tape under the tub, I wouldn't even bother messing with the temp.
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Re: Any way to use a CHE without killing the humidity?
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I don't think putting a CHE near the tub in order to raise the ambient a few degrees will have too much affect on humidity.
Humidity is a ratio between the vapor pressure of water in the air to the saturation pressure of water. Saturation pressure is a function of temperature (and pressure, but that should be constant). So by definition, if you raise the temperature but do not add more water vapor to the air, the humidity goes down.
Having said all that, if your ambient is 78-79 and your snake has regulated heat tape under the tub, I wouldn't even bother messing with the temp.
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Yeah she does have an under-tank heater. I'll probably have to mess with it eventually just cause right now I'm in a very toasty room to get her to that temperature cause it's still pretty low up here in New England and next year I'll probably need it come winter but right now I'm operating under the assumption it will warm up soon and become less necessary.
