Switching to a Tub

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Originally Posted by UWStoutNinja

Are you talking about the inside bottom of the tub or the outside. Sorry, I don't want to do something stupid here. I already bought some 4" flexwatt from reptilebasics. It should be here tomorrow, and then I am almost ready to give Mitch his new home!!

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Sorry - I wasn't clear. On the outside. Did you also purchase a thermostat from Rich to keep the flexwatt to getting to it's maximum heat (which is hot enough to burn your snake)?

I am just going to use a dimmer for the flexwatt. The flexwatt wont cover more than 1/3rd of the tub so if something WAS to go wrong, the snake can get away from it. The tub will also be in my room so I can constantly keep an eye on the temps.

A good, reliable dimmer I use is the Lutron Credenza(plug N Play) and you can find it at Home Depot for around $10. I'd really recommend a thermostat, a Johnson Controls or Ranco at the least. Ball Pythons don't appreciate fluctuating temps and if that dimmer fails, that flexwatt can get hot enough to melt the tub and the flexwatt itself.

So I said before that I was just going to use the dimmer, but after worrying about temps for only a day on the dimmer, I decided to get a thermostat. I went with a herpstat that should arive in a couple of days. Because I am a poor college student, I will keep the cool side temps controlled by a dimmer, and just save up for now so that eventually I will have 2 proportional thermostats controlling my tub. Who knows, I really like my ball and I have been looking into the different morphs. I could start a rack system and then the thermostats would be more then worth what you pay for them. Who knew a snake could be so addicting?

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Originally Posted by UWStoutNinja

So I said before that I was just going to use the dimmer, but after worrying about temps for only a day on the dimmer, I decided to get a thermostat. I went with a herpstat that should arive in a couple of days. Because I am a poor college student, I will keep the cool side temps controlled by a dimmer, and just save up for now so that eventually I will have 2 proportional thermostats controlling my tub. Who knows, I really like my ball and I have been looking into the different morphs. I could start a rack system and then the thermostats would be more then worth what you pay for them. Who knew a snake could be so addicting?

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Go look at the credit card and tell me what addicting is. True addiction is putting a heater in your room to get it to 80* so your herps can be happy as you toss in bed all night sweating off the pounds.

lol... I had a space heater on in my room, but I sleep at my girlfriends so I guess I don't qualify as a true addict.....yet. Give me time, I would say I am well on my way. Can I qualify as an addict if I just spent my tuition money on my snake? lol

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Originally Posted by UWStoutNinja

lol... I had a space heater on in my room, but I sleep at my girlfriends so I guess I don't qualify as a true addict.....yet. Give me time, I would say I am well on my way. Can I qualify as an addict if I just spent my tuition money on my snake? lol

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I'd say lol

I got the flexwatt in the mail today! Would plugging the cool side flexwatt into the dimmer and the thermostat (which is set at 90), and then set the dimmer so the flexwatt is actually 80 be a good failsafe? I know I should have two thermostats but I am broke and just want to know if this will work. THANKS!

Yep, that works fine. I use that method on my baby/juvie rack and the temps are very stable with the tstat set to 94, the cool side stays at 84. Once I get everything dialed in properly, I like to tape the dimmer switch so it can't be moved.