temp?!

i just hooked my new herpstat thermostat to my cage. it's the rbi mini cage w/ the thermostat slot on the bottom. anyways its been an 1 hour now and my herpstat is at 91 and my digital accurite thermometer is reading 106. umm what one is wrong?

I would lower the herpstat until the accurite reads 92-94

Do you have a temp gun? Is the Acu-Rite new? Have you checked the Acu-Rite against a temperature that you are pretty sure of?

I use Herpstat's and have the larger RBI cages with RHP's and the cage temp correlates pretty well with the Herpstat setting. Lets see.... hang on....

Okay, I have my Herpstat set almost 2 degrees lower than where I want my cage to be :)

i'll try lowering the herpstat.
my accu rite is brand new

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Originally Posted by llovelace

I would lower the herpstat until the accurite reads 92-94

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i lowered the herpstat until the acurite read 94, so now my herpstat is set at 83. doesnt seem right to me though :shrug:

you may have to move the probe...sometimes they can be funky, if you move it check the temp, i bet it will change slightly just adjust the probe.

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Originally Posted by gu1do24

you may have to move the probe...sometimes they can be funky, if you move it check the temp, i bet it will change slightly just adjust the probe.

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k i'll try

well moved the probe a little. i felt the bottom under the substrate, it wasnt warm. but the thermometer reads 93 while herpstat reads 83. so i decide to turn herpstat up to 89 and now i feel a little warmth but acurite reads 100. i have to wait until next week for a temp gun. so what shall i do in mean time?

Hi,

I just temp gunned my hand and it was 94.3 so 93 wouldnt feel warm to me either I suspect.

I'm not sure what to advise on the probe/thermometer thign though as I have never seen those cages so do not know the layout of either in relation to the actual heating element. :(


dr del

The hot spot in my cage (94-95) is barely warm to the touch.

Trust the acu-rite and wait for a temp gun.