Need some help with my hydrofarm thermostat.

Yeah I live in an apartment so I can't control just one room alone, wish I would. But my room is around 73 constantly, so yeah I'll have to jack up the therm to get the hot spot accurate, but I feel like its pretty stable now. Thanks a ton for all the help guys :D

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Originally Posted by RetiredJedi

Slim, that is high on my wishlist and I am hoping to get one real soon. Tell me how it is.

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Will Do, Jedi! Right now I'm just waiting to get off work so I can head home and start getting the tubs vented and set up my T-Stat. I got the Iris Sweaterbox Rack for keeping males in. I wanna' see how it runs so I can start putting BPs in it!

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Originally Posted by Trackstrong83

Yeah I live in an apartment so I can't control just one room alone, wish I would.

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Track, I'm an apartment dweller myself, so I understand how it is.

Just my two cents here but why is the probe sandwhiched in between the tub. Why not have the probe buried in the substrate where you actually want the temperature to be read at. Your thermostat for your house isn't inside the furnace reading temperature its mounted on the wall where you live. I may be wrong in this thinking but it would make sense to me to have probe in the spot where you are trying to control the temp.

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Originally Posted by hogleyripper

Just my two cents here but why is the probe sandwhiched in between the tub. Why not have the probe buried in the substrate where you actually want the temperature to be read at. Your thermostat for your house isn't inside the furnace reading temperature its mounted on the wall where you live. I may be wrong in this thinking but it would make sense to me to have probe in the spot where you are trying to control the temp.

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Doing it your way is how thermal burns occur. You NEVER want the t-stat probe inside for UTH as the snake can move it, Pee on it which will casue a massive spike in heat and burn the snake.

You want the probe on the uth directly OUTSIDE so you know the actual temp of the heating pad.

So this is why it would cause the temperature swings then right? because you are trapping the reading in between the tub and the heat pad and that is why there is so much up and down of temperatures and wrong readings from the hydrofarm or any cheaper tstat then?

No that just comes from a low end thermostat with sub par quality, and room temps.

If room temp was more stable of 75-80 your temps wont vary but 1-2F.

Wont matter what t=stat you use, have to have it outside and adjust accordingly.

Helix is supposed to be one of the best, but whe ni used them i had to set it 95-100 just to get a 88 in the tubs. Where i just Johnsons now and all are set at 88 and i get 89 inside

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Originally Posted by Trackstrong83

Hey everybody, I am using a hydrofarm thermostat with an exo terra UTH on a 28qt tub. I was wondering if anybody had a similar set up. I ask because I can't get my hot spot to 90 unless I set the thermostat to around 103, is this normal for a tub and this setup? Any input would be great, thanks a ton! :)

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Same setup, room temp set to 70deg. (room temps vary 68-72)
My hydrofarms are set
104 and 103

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Originally Posted by Maixx

Same setup, room temp set to 70deg. (room temps vary 68-72)
My hydrofarms are set
104 and 103

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If you use a space heater a smaller one and get room to about 75 which is still comfortable to live in your thermostat will dial in better

Thermal burns? The hydrofarm probe is waterproof and is put in soil that is watered with the plants in its real use. So a little pee shouldn't effect that probe very much but a few degrees.

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Originally Posted by hogleyripper

Thermal burns? The hydrofarm probe is waterproof and is put in soil that is watered with the plants in its real use. So a little pee shouldn't effect that probe very much but a few degrees.

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Do as you wish, in 17 years of snake keeping/breeding I seen enough of the easy way, costing a ton in the long run.

Probes do NOT go in the tank, or tub regardless your setup.