Thermostat will be the best decision you make this year. I was waiting for my Herpstat 1 while it was on order and delayed. I had to change my dimmer 2-3 times a day. I had the opposite problem you have though I was too cool in my house. You will love not having to worry as much about temps. I still check daily (paranoid) but they are bang on even with A/C on etc. My house fluctuates a lot.
86 ambient seems really hot. Where a bouts are you living?
Please post how you got you ambients down for any future readers. I know that I stumbled across many threads with excellent advise given (like this one) but it is always nice to know the end result.
05-22-2012, 02:07 AM
mackynz
Wisconsin, where its 90 one day and snowing the next!
I was able to get the temp down two ways. First, I am using a tank with mesh top, a fan in the room (not pointed in the tank or anything) helped circulate air and bring the temp down. Second, I put the tank up on some wood blocks, it had been sitting on my dresser. Any heat the UTH was putting out into the air (probably not much) was able to dissipate better.
I temporary solution I thought of but didn't try would be to put some of those gel ice packs on top of the mesh to see if the cold would lower the temp at all without directly influencing the snake.
Ultimately we turned the A/C on.
05-22-2012, 08:59 AM
whispersinmyhead
Re: Temperature Issues
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Originally Posted by mackynz
Wisconsin, where its 90 one day and snowing the next!
I was able to get the temp down two ways. First, I am using a tank with mesh top, a fan in the room (not pointed in the tank or anything) helped circulate air and bring the temp down. Second, I put the tank up on some wood blocks, it had been sitting on my dresser. Any heat the UTH was putting out into the air (probably not much) was able to dissipate better.
I temporary solution I thought of but didn't try would be to put some of those gel ice packs on top of the mesh to see if the cold would lower the temp at all without directly influencing the snake.
Ultimately we turned the A/C on.
I figured the A/C would have to go on. Thanks for posting what you did. I can't get away with out A/C during the summer either because it will be 35C plus and we live in a townhouse (one side only has windows), that heats up pretty fast. If I didn't have A/C units I would have to put my cages in the basement.
Glad you got your temps down! It is amazing what even a fan will do in a room too.
