Basking shelf with rhp

So I'm assembling my T10 and I was going to put the basking shelf in but I'm going to be using a 24x12 rhp so the shelf will get way hotter since it's up closer to the rhp. Probably wouldn't be a good idea to use it right? I wouldn't of personally got it but I bought it new in box with someone and it came with it.

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Do RHPs not hook up to a thermostat? I've no experience with them.

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Yes they do but my ground temp where is hide is going to be will be set to 90 on Herpstat but the basking shelf is 8 inches off ground in the T10 so the shelf will be hotter bc it's closer to the rhp

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Yes they do need to be hooked up to a thermostat and a shelf is fine, it is radiant heat.

Set the temp on the shelf, then? Makes sense to do that to me if that's where your hot spot is.

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My hot spot will be where his hot hide is. His hide won't fit on basking shelf and the temp on the ground won't be hot enough if I set the shelf temp. He's a big boy.

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Yes they do need to be hooked up to a thermostat and a shelf is fine, it is radiant heat.

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Yes but it heats objects and the ground is further away set at 90 and the shelf is closer so it will heat the shelf hotter bc its trying to get the hot spot that is further away to the correct temp.

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The only options I see for you here are either not worrying about the hide below being a hot spot and set the shelf temp to 90, or don't bother with the shelf.

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The only options I see for you here are either not worrying about the hide below being a hot spot and set the shelf temp to 90, or don't bother with the shelf.

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Depends on how much hotter the shelf will be. If it will only be 2-3 degrees hotter then it would be ok. I was just wondering if anyone had experience with rhps with basking shelves and could tell me if it would work or not to bother with it.

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Why not test it out for yourself? (:

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Why not test it out for yourself? (:

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Bc I don't have the rhp yet, it will be here sometime next week. I just silicon sealed the cage and it takes a little bit to cure and if I don't use the basking shelf I want to silicon the screw holes that would be used for the basking shelf but if I wait until the rhp gets here and it doesn't work I'll have to wait even longer to put the snake I'm getting in there. I'm inpatient lol.

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Oh. Well I guess being a fellow impatient person, I understand. Lol

I feel like it would probably be more than just a couple degrees more, since it will probably take quite a bit of heat to get through the shelf and heat the bottom to 90, I'm just speculating, though.

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Oh. Well I guess being a fellow impatient person, I understand. Lol

I feel like it would probably be more than just a couple degrees more, since it will probably take quite a bit of heat to get through the shelf and heat the bottom to 90, I'm just speculating, though.

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Well the cage is 24 inches wide and the shelf is like 5 inches wide so it doesn't have to heat through the shelf. The rhp will be directly over top of 3 inches of the shelf and the rest of the rhp will be over the ground with nothing in between them.

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Are you going to be taking the temp out from underneath the shelf? If so I'd imagine it would be fine.

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Unless anyone else has any input I may just cut the basking shelf so its only on the cool side.

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I was going to suggest putting it on the cool side, but I wasn't sure if it was possible.

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I was going to suggest putting it on the cool side, but I wasn't sure if it was possible.

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Yeah it runs the whole length of the cage but I can cut it down so it will run only 1/3 to 1/2 of the cage so the rhp won't hit it directly or at least only a tiny portion of it.

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