Re: Herpstat 2 Questions!
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Originally Posted by
Sensismell
definitely need a temp gun. I have about 3/4 inch of substrate and I have my herpstat set to 97 to get a hot spot of 91 degrees on the substrate. One of my snakes will burrow down to the bottom of the tub where it's at 96-97 degrees. She keeps me worried but doesn't seem to hot for her. When she first started doing this I would check on her everyday.
It is not advised by anyone who makes UTH's to have the substrate that thick. It causes the heat to build up excessively. Since almost all snakes like to get down to the bottom so to speak the bottom of the tub should not be 96-97 I have read a couple people who try to heat the substrate to 90 or so but that means you have to have to bottom of the tank/tub too high. The bottom of the tub is what should be heated to 90 ( on the warm side) and the substrate should be be about a quarter inch deep max. so don't worry about substrate temp. but bottom of the tank/tub temp. and ambient air temp.
Re: Herpstat 2 Questions!
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Originally Posted by
spyderrobotics
Yes, your setting AO [Include H/L] is the safest and make sure to enable the high / low alarms and set reasonable high / low alarm temps.
Your percentage is a sign that your enclosure is well matched to its heating equipment. The unit dims down power to try to maintain your setting. Yours only is needing around 28% power which means your heating device is doing a great job of keeping that temp in combination with the enclosure size and room temperature.
Using the 2nd probe as a thermometer is fine. You don't need to adjust its max output to a lower setting but its not a bad idea in case a heating device accidentally got plugged into that outlet.
Thank you so much! I have kept it set on there, I definitely don't want my kiddos to get injured from me not understanding how to use the Herpstat, I checked over the manual but it's so much easier asking and less of an eye-strain, plus... Everything I have questioned gets answered directly. :) Means a lot to me.
Awesome! I was worried that they weren't getting everything because of the percentage, but now I know and have nothing to worry about, it seems. Definitely feeling more confident about this now and I'm sure I'll have no issues with adding more flexwatt now!
