need help.....temps!

I have an abs plastics enclosure that has heat cable (finally got that to stick) and a 15w tube black light in it. I have even taped a dome light to the back to they to boost temps. My probe which is laying on the bottom of the enclosure says 98 but my temp gun pointing on the aspen says 85 on the hot end and 76 on the cool. How can I boost ambient temps in an enclosure like this. I was thinking of sticking an uth pad on top on the outside of the enclosure?

Heat the whole room up!! Lol




0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa

Our heat is set to 70 but the house is not insulated very well. My tortoises are in the same room and there temps are good. If I heat the room they will get too hot. Is there anything I can do for just that one enclosure?

How thick is the aspen? The bottom of the change shouldn't be that hot

How big is the cage?

The cage is 42 x 20 x 18 I think. The aspen is 3" thick. They seem like they are happy but I'm concerned the ambient is too cold.

You need to make the aspen 1/2" or less for the heat cable to work properly. If your snake digs down to the bottom he could burn himself at that temperature. No part of the cage should ever get above 95.

What are you using to measure air temps? They should be higher than they are.

A temp gun to measure the ambient

Temp guns can't measure ambient temperatures, they only measure surface temperatures.

You need a probed thermometer like this:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...nt/photo-3.jpg

These cost $12 at Walmart. They measure 2 temperatures and humidity.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Temp guns can't measure ambient temperatures, they only measure surface temperatures.

You need a probed thermometer like this:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...nt/photo-3.jpg

These cost $12 at Walmart. They measure 2 temperatures and humidity.

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That is the exact one I am using. I have it burrowed under the substrate on floor to measure the cable temp . My temp gun is reading a surface temp of 78. What can I use to boost that temp

Did you thin out the substrate layer?

Is the heat cable actually inside the cage?

Is the heat cable being regulated by a thermostat?

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Did you thin out the substrate layer?

Is the heat cable actually inside the cage?

Is the heat cable being regulated by a thermostat?

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I took out a lot of the aspen and raised the cage so the heat cable could breathe. The prove says 91 but my temp gun pointing on the substrate says 80....

Is there anything else I can use to boost the temps?

I'm still wondering if I can put a uth on the outside top of the enclosure to help raise the temps inside. Right now I have a 75w black light in a dome fixture taped to the outside and it has raised the temps to what I need but I don't want to keep that taped to the outside. How can I raise my temps??

UTH's really don't do anything for air temps.

Can you post a picture of how your blacklight is attached?

This is how the light is up.

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...225_105253.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...225_105306.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...225_105316.jpg

any ideas?? the only way i can keep my temps correct is to keep the dome light taped to the back. is there any thing else i can use?

Maybe fluorescent light fixtures?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HJ75PW


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Hey - may I suggest you do with your lamp what I did:

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...ps03c2b86d.jpg
I drilled a hole to fit the light dome, and then drilled wire mesh underneath. My lamp dome now sits on top of that. It produces the perfect amount of heat now, as its low infrared and keeps temps high.
It's really the best move I made.
:)

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Originally Posted by Noz

Hey - may I suggest you do with your lamp what I did:

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...ps03c2b86d.jpg
I drilled a hole to fit the light dome, and then drilled wire mesh underneath. My lamp dome now sits on top of that. It produces the perfect amount of heat now, as its low infrared and keeps temps high.
It's really the best move I made.
:)

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Will drilling my plastic enclosure crack the roof? I was thinking about the but her house is abs plastic.

i ended up getting one of those new halogen light domes and red night halogen bulb. i still had to tape it to the back but it seems to be working well and is much smaller than the older dome light.