need help.....temps!

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Did you thin out the substrate layer?

Is the heat cable actually inside the cage?

Is the heat cable being regulated by a thermostat?

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I took out a lot of the aspen and raised the cage so the heat cable could breathe. The prove says 91 but my temp gun pointing on the substrate says 80....

Is there anything else I can use to boost the temps?

I'm still wondering if I can put a uth on the outside top of the enclosure to help raise the temps inside. Right now I have a 75w black light in a dome fixture taped to the outside and it has raised the temps to what I need but I don't want to keep that taped to the outside. How can I raise my temps??

UTH's really don't do anything for air temps.

Can you post a picture of how your blacklight is attached?

This is how the light is up.

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...225_105253.jpg
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any ideas?? the only way i can keep my temps correct is to keep the dome light taped to the back. is there any thing else i can use?

Maybe fluorescent light fixtures?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HJ75PW


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Hey - may I suggest you do with your lamp what I did:

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...ps03c2b86d.jpg
I drilled a hole to fit the light dome, and then drilled wire mesh underneath. My lamp dome now sits on top of that. It produces the perfect amount of heat now, as its low infrared and keeps temps high.
It's really the best move I made.
:)

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Originally Posted by Noz

Hey - may I suggest you do with your lamp what I did:

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...ps03c2b86d.jpg
I drilled a hole to fit the light dome, and then drilled wire mesh underneath. My lamp dome now sits on top of that. It produces the perfect amount of heat now, as its low infrared and keeps temps high.
It's really the best move I made.
:)

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Will drilling my plastic enclosure crack the roof? I was thinking about the but her house is abs plastic.

i ended up getting one of those new halogen light domes and red night halogen bulb. i still had to tape it to the back but it seems to be working well and is much smaller than the older dome light.