Trouble on the cool side

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Originally Posted by callie

Thanks! I ordered it and got one day shipping, so I'll have it Tuesday.

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Good stuff :)

You will spend an hour shooting random things around the house with it haha!

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Originally Posted by callie

Thanks! I ordered it and got one day shipping, so I'll have it Tuesday.

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Good deal! Once you get it you will be able to dial in the setup quick.

Okay, picking up where I left off now that I've received the temp gun. I've had the thermostat set at 84 and repositioned the thermostat and thermometer probes so that they are centered underneath the RHP. Humidity has been holding out between 60 and 65%.

Thermostat is set to 84
Thermometer body & probe say 83
Temp gun is reading 81 on the bedding inside both hides and on the bedding outside
Surface temperature of the RHP (taken with temp gun) is 82.5
Ambient room temperature is 84

What should my next step be? I just want to double check everything with you guys, especially now that the snake is here. The last thing I want to do is hurt or stress the little guy. Thanks again.

How are the probes centered under the rhp? Post a pic.

Also check out this thread and see post 2, its how I mount my probes to rhp. Works very well.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...932&viewfull=1

I just want to make sure the probe is not in a position that would allow the snake to block the heat from reaching the probe. If that happens the rhp will run hot.

I'm sorry, it's the thermometer probe that is centered. It's resting on a branch under the RHP. I actually used the photo you posted in that thread to reposition the thermostat probe using a zip tie and hot glue.

http://i.imgur.com/NdrVKO2.jpg

I would watch the setup and monitor the numbers over the next day or two and see if and when you get any temp swings either surface or ambient.

If any adjustment is needed do it very slowly. As in 1/2 a degree at a time with a few hours in between so the numbers will again stabilize.

With the ambient temp already kinda high I dont think you are going go be able go raise the rhp much more. You may end up needing a uth too, or in place of the rhp. I have some rhp in four of my cages but I really only like it for the gtp. They just don't heat the cage well enough so I use uth with a oil filled heater to heat the entire room. I do still have the rhp running but they are set lower to give just a tad of heat from above.

Another issue I started to have is when they were cranked up to give the proper hotspot the heat from the rhp was going through the cage and adding more heat to the cage floor above it causing the hotspot to be to warm. I have three stacked and they have a gap but the heat was still building which is one main reason I had to turn them down and use uth as my primary source.

Keeping the thermostat at 84 for the next day or so while I monitor temps will be okay for the snake, right? I just want to make sure. The room usually drops to about 75 late at night and that's when I get the biggest change in the temperatures inside the tank. I'll record the temps when it cools down in here tonight and again during the hottest part of the day tomorrow and see what should be done then.