Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
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Originally Posted by jglass38
Extremely dangerous. When your snake dislodges the tstat probe (and its a when, not if) the heat cable will spike to over 140 degrees and could kill or seriously burn your snake.
Guess I should have been clearer. He can't move it as it has no give or take. Hard to explain. It can only move about 1" in any direction which never places it off the heat cable. Been like that for 3 yrs now.
Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
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Originally Posted by Kizerk
i'm glad your snake is ok....
are all kinds of tape unsafe? cos if i remove the tape, i'm unable to keep the thermostat probe on the ground, and that will cause the temps to rise...
From what I have learned yes - they are unsafe an should not be in the cage EVER and will never be in one of mine again.
On the back of my AP cage the heat cable comes out about 2 inches - I have hooked the Probe to that - HOWEVER - If i were to set the thermostat at 95 it would never reach above 83 / 84 degrees inside the cage due to the plastic layer between the cable and the bottom of the inside of the cage. SO what I have done - is used my thermometers (2 to make sure neither one is off) to measure where I need to set the temp on the thermostat to ensure the bottom of the cage reaches the 92 - 94 warm side temps. I have been doing this for the last 12 hours - and it is looking like setting the thermostat at 112 brings the bottom of the cage to 93. So about a 10 degree offset to get thru the plastic:)
Hope that helps:)
Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
Sounds like you have it worked out well!
I would give it a full 24 hrs to make sure but that's just me :)
And no tape needed, Yipee !
Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
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Originally Posted by HIGHMAINTENANCE
From what I have learned yes - they are unsafe an should not be in the cage EVER and will never be in one of mine again.
On the back of my AP cage the heat cable comes out about 2 inches - I have hooked the Probe to that - HOWEVER - If i were to set the thermostat at 95 it would never reach above 83 / 84 degrees inside the cage due to the plastic layer between the cable and the bottom of the inside of the cage. SO what I have done - is used my thermometers (2 to make sure neither one is off) to measure where I need to set the temp on the thermostat to ensure the bottom of the cage reaches the 92 - 94 warm side temps. I have been doing this for the last 12 hours - and it is looking like setting the thermostat at 112 brings the bottom of the cage to 93. So about a 10 degree offset to get thru the plastic:)
Hope that helps:)
EXCELLENT!!! Many people don't think of doing this, but it really does work out great! Congratulations on a job well done!
Steve
Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
I Didn't think of it:cool: Jamie has taught me all I know so far:D It was Jamie's trick!:carrot:
Re: UH OH Foil Tape - Mineral oil did the trick!
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Originally Posted by HIGHMAINTENANCE
I Didn't think of it:cool: Jamie has taught me all I know so far:D It was Jamie's trick!:carrot:
I can't take credit for anything I pass on. :) I am not an innovator but I know what works for me! I am just glad things turned out ok!
