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Humidity gauges?

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  • 09-28-2018, 02:30 AM
    Traceur
    Humidity gauges?
    I've been planning on updating my humidity gauges for my baby bp. I've been trying to look for ones that are digital and wireless. Got any suggestions or products to link me to?

    Anything would be great!
  • 09-28-2018, 05:53 AM
    Sunnieskys
    Accurite. They are on Amazon. Most of us use them.
  • 09-28-2018, 07:48 AM
    Phillydubs
  • 09-28-2018, 08:03 AM
    Traceur
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Sunnieskys View Post
    Accurite. They are on Amazon. Most of us use them.

    Quote:
    Awesome! Thanks you two:D
  • 09-28-2018, 08:07 AM
    Phillydubs
    No problem!! Happy to help.

    All my cages have those and they seem to work well

    no extra chords or fodder nice big display. Prop it in a corner and good to go.

    Just keep away away from the water because there is a battery in it.
  • 09-28-2018, 09:06 AM
    Craiga 01453
    Accurite. I use them in all my enclosures, 2 in each.
    You can find them online or at Wal-Mart in the outdoor/gardening section. About $10 each.
  • 09-28-2018, 10:09 AM
    BallPythonWannaBe
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    I use accurites also :D
  • 09-29-2018, 03:06 AM
    BR8080
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    I use Xikar products - they are the industry leader in cigar humidor monitoring and people spend thousands on cigars so it's good enough for my snakes. Not to mention Herpstat uses them to calibrate their equipment and I use Herpstat as well.

    https://www.xikar.com/products/humid...-hygro-system/

    https://www.xikar.com/products/humid...l-hygrometers/
  • 09-29-2018, 07:35 AM
    Traceur
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Think it'll be okay if I put the humidity gauge on the hot side?
  • 09-29-2018, 10:14 AM
    Zincubus
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Traceur View Post
    Think it'll be okay if I put the humidity gauge on the hot side?

    Won't that give a false reading though ??

    I presume somewhere near the middle of the viv , maybe half up the back wall maybe give a fairer reading ?!?


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  • 09-29-2018, 10:32 AM
    Craiga 01453
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Traceur View Post
    Think it'll be okay if I put the humidity gauge on the hot side?

    I have two Accurites in each enclosure. One at either end.
  • 09-29-2018, 10:52 AM
    Zincubus
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
    I have two Accurites in each enclosure. One at either end.

    That's common sense if you have two I'd say .,


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  • 09-29-2018, 11:57 AM
    Sunnieskys
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
    Accurite. I use them in all my enclosures, 2 in each.
    You can find them online or at Wal-Mart in the outdoor/gardening section. About $10 each.

    Craig how big are your enclosures? Where do you place each one? I only have one and I put it in the middle front .

    oops I needed to keep reading posts lol....I see now.
  • 09-29-2018, 12:01 PM
    Craiga 01453
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Sunnieskys View Post
    Craig how big are your enclosures? Where do you place each one? I only have one and I put it in the middle front .

    40 breeder, 36" Neodesha and 48" homemade.

    They're in slightly different spots in each, depending on layout and how I "decorate". But I try to put them up front in each corner. I use rocks or branches to prop them up, but they get moved and knocked over sometimes anyway.
  • 09-29-2018, 12:02 PM
    Sunnieskys
    Yep, mine get bulldozed over each night. Including Eedens. Little stinker!
  • 09-29-2018, 01:29 PM
    Traceur
    Re: Humidity gauges?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Zincubus View Post
    Won't that give a false reading though ??

    I presume somewhere near the middle of the viv , maybe half up the back wall maybe give a fairer reading ?!?


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    I'd only put it on the hot side so I could get a better reading of the temps. I don't know what happened, but the temps were always 90-91 degrees on the hot side when he used to have paper towel substrate. I've been using a temp gun to read my temperatures on both hot and cold sides. But ever since I put his cypress mulch back in, the temp gun has been reading degrees on the hot side from 90-100 degrees. Why is that?
    I always put the temp gun as close to the hot side corner as I can to read the temps. It had always been the same temperature when I had paper towels. But it'll read 88-90 degrees if I don't put the temp gun directly above the corner of the hot side, but if I put it closer, it'll read higher temps.

    Like I said, I tested this with the paper towels and whether or not I recorded the temps from directly above or from just the door of the terrarium, they were both the same. So whenever it reads 94 degrees I always turn it off to let it cool down. Am I using the temp gun wrong or something?
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