What temperature do you put on your thermostat?

I have my probe on a little piece of sterilite so it can measure the heat so I have mine on 91 but I also have a temp gun and when I measure the temperature of the heat tape its around 102. Should that be right?

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Originally Posted by Maddumpling

I have my probe on a little piece of sterilite so it can measure the heat so I have mine on 91 but I also have a temp gun and when I measure the temperature of the heat tape its around 102. Should that be right?

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There is really no answer for that it depends on a lot of things, type of heat source, thermostat itself, tubs, substrate, where the thermostat is placed, ambient room temp that could affect the probe etc.

I have some thermostat that are set to 80 and provide a hot spot of 83 (Colubrids)

I have some T-Stat set on 88 and the hot spot is at 88, I also have some set on 94 and the hot spot is at 88.

Mine is set at 94, and I get 88-92 in each tubs (usually there is a variance in each tub)

I set 90 and get 90... the advantages of enclosure set ups, perfect control.


In my rack, I have 94 set and get 89.6 on the lower (for that probe set) and 91.5 on the top of that set. (I use upper and lower probes as well as front and rear probes to control the rack.) My ambient room temp is between 66-70ºF - 77-80ºF or so, winter - summer. The rack is PVCx with 1/2 expanded foam insulation on sides and back 1 inch top and bottom. I use 4 inch flexwatt belly heat for the hot side and 17 inch for the cool side also belly heat cool side.

Hatchling rack is set to 98 and I get 89-92. CB-70 is set to 94 and I get 90-95.

why is my temperature for the flexwatt so high compared to all your guys. Mines 102 and that gets the tub to 90-91.

Do you heat your room?

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Originally Posted by Maddumpling

why is my temperature for the flexwatt so high compared to all your guys. Mines 102 and that gets the tub to 90-91.

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no i do not. I have my ambient temperature around 77

Probe placement maybe, where's your probe?

That is your issue your ambient temps most people with racks heat the room to 80 it is the easiest solution. What is you cool end and ambient air temps? Did you insulate the rack?

my probe is on a piece of sterilite tub but the piece of tub is like on the side of the heat tape so i can have free space for my tub. I don't insulate the rack and i think i just said the ambient temperature is around 75-77 in the day. My cool end in the tub is around 77. The reason why its a bit cool is because I have hardwood floor, no carpet what so ever. So it can get cold in the winter and hella hot in the summer.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Probe placement maybe, where's your probe?

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Where do you place your probe in a rack then without bothering the tubs. If I put the probe beneath the tubs, the tub wouldnt get as much heat am I correct? Its weird though, I have two thermometers placed on the heat tape and one says the temperature of 100-101 while another one goes to a maximum of 95 or 96 ( i have an on and off thermostat). The one that reads 100-101 is beneath a tub with an adult snake though.

Sounds like the probe needs to be moved to where it is directly on the hot spot of the flexwatt.
Is there an inch behind the tub that you can tape it down securely?

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Sounds like the probe needs to be moved to where it is directly on the hot spot of the flexwatt.
Is there an inch behind the tub that you can tape it down securely?

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Wait i dont get it, how can there be room behind the tub when I'm sliding the tub so it goes past the heat tape? There isnt any room thats why I put it to like the side of the tub so i can slide it better. But when I used my temp gun just now I kept moving the pointing from one side of the heat tape to the area where i had my probe and as it got to the probe the temperature decreased.

The ambient temp is quite cool. The ambient air temp inside the tub really should not be much cooler than 75 day or night and most will say 77-85 for the ambient air temps. Your cool end temp is also quite cool.

Ambient air temps go a long way to regulate core temps. regulating them is more important than most recognize. The easiest solution is to heat the room up, it will solve the ambient air cool end and you probe shift. Cool rooms can be done (I have a rack in a cool room) but it isn't easy or really recommended.

okay i think i found the problem or maybe not, my thermometer probe on the heat tape reads the same as the thermostat probe on the heat tape (not on piece of sterilite). My temp gun reads 107-112 when my thermostat probe reads 91-92 which is really bizarre,

Accuracy of IR guns on reflective objects is suspect. IR gun are great for fast checks but the limitations need to be remembered. They really work best on organic matte surface objects in organic glossy surfaces often will deliver incorrect readings.

wait now i think im wrong, so i moved my thermometer probe to the middle and it read 100 so now I think i should put the thermostat probe in the middle but its going to interfere with the tubs.