Ambient temps VS ground temps?

I know this has probably been addressed somewhere but Ill ask this again just in case. Ive just about finished setting up. All I need is a rheostat a water bowl and two hides wich Im mking out of cardboard boxes. Anyhoo if the ground temps range from 90-92 on the warm side and 78-80 on the cool side does it matter if the general ambient temp is lower? I ask this cause thats the case with me right now,ambient temp is at about 75.
Thanks for all the help, if everything gos well I should be ready to buy a BP in two weeks!

Yeah 75 sounds a little cool for an ambient temp. My room temp in my house is higher than that... One reason is to keep up the ambient temp in her home. But with substrate being heated and a dome light on top I don't see how you could have a temp that low.... do you have a light??

no heat lamp because Im using a rubbermaid tote with locking lid and I have two human heating pads one on high and one on medeum maybe I havent given it enough time to warm up in there since I had them on for only an hour. Any suggestions though I realy apreciate.

ahhhok i see

does it take a long time to raise the ambient temp then?

ive never had a problem with it so I will let one of the experts answer that one..

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Originally Posted by beaglegod

no heat lamp because Im using a rubbermaid tote with locking lid and I have two human heating pads one on high and one on medeum maybe I havent given it enough time to warm up in there since I had them on for only an hour. Any suggestions though I realy apreciate.

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I would lower the settings to low, or medium at the most.....high is much too hot and may overheat your BP.

David, did you read what the floor temps were? If that's what they are then the heat pad settings are just right.

Beaglegod, I'd give it at least a few hours to determine what the ambient heat will normally be, particularly since heat rises. Do you keep the room the enclosure is in especially cool (like some folks drop temp to 68F-ish to save money)? If so, you might want to consider moving it to whatever your warmest room is.

Wow the hot spot went up to 97 and the ambient temp on the cool side reads 74. I better rethink this cause winter over here in new jersey is brutal.

medium is usually good for the hot side
and low for the cool side
where are you mesuring the ambiant temp from in the cage???
if you mesure above where you have the air holes that may be the reason you're having such a low ambiant temp
let us know how it goes

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Originally Posted by beaglegod

Wow the hot spot went up to 97 and the ambient temp on the cool side reads 74. I better rethink this cause winter over here in new jersey is brutal.

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See.....setting 'high' is too hot...go for medium on the warm and low on the cool side.

Well David and Pimp-n-python, both hit the nail on the head, by moving the thermometer away from the vent (doh!) Ive got a steady ambient temp of 79.2. I did do something a little differently though to achieve a temp. gradient lemme know what you guys think.

I put one heating pad on the left side of the enclosure and set it to medeum the other pad I put directly next to it (in the middle of the enclosure) and set it on low, the far right of the enclosure has nothing.With this configuration my ground temps are

Left side- 92.8

Middle - 85

Right side- 81

Now to get the humidity right! :D

Awesome, those temps sound pretty darn good!

And just a word on humidity....I think people put too much energy into worrying about it....its not as important with BPs as many people think....they don't come from the rainforest so its not that big of a deal, unless you live in an extreme area where the ambient humidity is super low (Alaska, Arizona)......I keep all of my BPs at room humidity until they shed then I mist them a couple times a day and I've never had anything but perfect sheds.