Two heat sources on one thermostat?

Hello all. My UTH (which is for a 10-20 gallon) isn’t enough heat for my 20 long so I bought a CHE. Should I just have the CHE on the thermostat or use a splitter & plug both heat sources into it? I was going to run the UTH without the thermostat & have a few layers of paper towel at the bottom in case the little guy burrows through the repti bark, he’ll have a buffer. Not that it’s that hot. I can touch the bare glass & it won’t burn me. What do you guys think? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8519f822df.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...16af91db3f.jpg


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I was going to run the UTH without the thermostat & have a few layers of paper towel at the bottom in case the little guy burrows through the repti bark, he’ll have a buffer. Not that it’s that hot. I can touch the bare glass & it won’t burn me. What do you guys think?

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That's what everyone that had to take their animal to the vet for severe burn said.

A UTH or any other type of heat source MUST BE CONTROLLED by a thermostat to avoid overheating, burns and fire hazard.

You need a thermostat for each heating device. If you can't afford another thermostat you could put the CHE on a dimmer. You have to adjust it often though.

ALL heating equipment should be regulated by a thermostat.

And no, you can't run 2 off that tstat. There's only 1 probe, so it can only control 1 spot.

So buy a second thermostat, got it. When i was testing the temps with just the UTH it never stopped heating. It was set on 90 & I had the probe resting on top of the substrate (where the snake will obviously be). Is that not where the probe should be?

Ugh I'm going through this issue myself. I have the same UTH and it's not enough heat (I think). I live in California and it's been a bit on the cool side. The UTH has been running a little hot but my snake hasn't buried himself in the bedding. I made a mistake from the beginning and placed the thermostat probe outside of the UTH. So I had it glass, UTH then probe. Well it never gave me a correct reading. So last night I peeled the UTH off the tank and sandwiched the probe between the glass and UTH. I still not getting proper heating. I have the thermostat at the highest but inside the warm hide I'm only getting a temperature of 85 at the highest. I don't know what to do anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for hijacking the post.

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Originally Posted by Red357

Ugh I'm going through this issue myself. I have the same UTH and it's not enough heat (I think). I live in California and it's been a bit on the cool side. The UTH has been running a little hot but my snake hasn't buried himself in the bedding. I made a mistake from the beginning and placed the thermostat probe outside of the UTH. So I had it glass, UTH then probe. Well it never gave me a correct reading. So last night I peeled the UTH off the tank and sandwiched the probe between the glass and UTH. I still not getting proper heating. I have the thermostat at the highest but inside the warm hide I'm only getting a temperature of 85 at the highest. I don't know what to do anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for hijacking the post.

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It's important to understand that your UTH is there solely to provide a hot spot and not for ambient temps. If the temps in the room the enclosure is in doesn't maintain a constant temp in the upper 70s-mid 80s you will need an additional heat source.

I figured that the probe should be on top of the substrate where the snake will be. If it's on the glass under the substrate it will get a higher reading than the snake feels, correct? 1"-2" of bedding must dissipate some of the heat right?

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Originally Posted by mikemooch

So buy a second thermostat, got it. When i was testing the temps with just the UTH it never stopped heating. It was set on 90 & I had the probe resting on top of the substrate (where the snake will obviously be). Is that not where the probe should be?

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Originally Posted by Red357

Ugh I'm going through this issue myself. I have the same UTH and it's not enough heat (I think). I live in California and it's been a bit on the cool side. The UTH has been running a little hot but my snake hasn't buried himself in the bedding. I made a mistake from the beginning and placed the thermostat probe outside of the UTH. So I had it glass, UTH then probe. Well it never gave me a correct reading. So last night I peeled the UTH off the tank and sandwiched the probe between the glass and UTH. I still not getting proper heating. I have the thermostat at the highest but inside the warm hide I'm only getting a temperature of 85 at the highest. I don't know what to do anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for hijacking the post.

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yep, make sure the placement is like how it's outlined in this helpful diagram from Mr Mod Pitontheprowl.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../5/crayola.jpg


Edit: also looks like that thermostat u have is rated up to 600watts which would be good for running a rack w/ a long strip of heattape and your UTH is rated up to 24watts. u don't have to buy the higher wattage thermostat if they offer a lower watt one for less.

Got it! Thank you so much. I'm going to use that thermostat for my CHE & get a simple "on / off" model for the UTH.