Well, the dimmers are plugged into the t-stat, and it's very accurate actually. Very cool idea from someone on here, I think.
At school(quarantine place), the rodent room temp fluctuates 75-78(sometimes 80-82 in the equine area, where some of my snakes are, on a counter in the back part of the room). At home, where the rack would be, the temp in the corner of the room ranges from 78-79.5). It's easy to keep temps in here as it's not drafty and humidity is normally 45-50% anyway, LoL.
Thanks for the help, Jamie.
Sounds like you are on the right track! Cant wait to see the final outcome...