Probe placement

Where do you guys have your probe placed on your racks? i have the helix dbs-1000

There's no exact science, you really have to mess with it. Most people start in the middle and work from there. Find the middle, place the probe. Allow 30mins-1hr stabilization time. Move as necessary. Rinse, repeat.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

There's no exact science, you really have to mess with it. Most people start in the middle and work from there. Find the middle, place the probe. Allow 30mins-1hr stabilization time. Move as necessary. Rinse, repeat.

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start in the middle of the tub? i have seen people place there probes right on the heat tape.

I thought the correct place was in the tub taped to the bottom, under the substrate, directly over the heat pad / tape. That is the hottest place your snake can get to, hence it should be where you put your probe (which ensures that the probe reads the temp you want the hot side of your enclosure to be).

I tape my heat probes directly to the heat tape in a slot in the rack towards the middle or a little lower (not under the bottom tub where it's going to be colder but usually in the 3rd or 4th slot from the bottom in a 12 slot rack).

I place it about half an inch from the edge of the flexwatt. And make sure you got a thermometer in one of your tubs.

I meant the heat tape, where did you get tub from? Middle as in middle shelf, enclosure, etc.