How to Read Acurite Thermonitor

HeY people i have an acurite thermonitor and i was just wonders which temp do i read the indoor or the outdoor temp?

and also i just recently bought my ball Python and i was wondering if i should put his cage in a closet that's in my room being in fact that summer is almost here and i have A/C in my room?

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Originally Posted by Blaq215

HeY people i have an acurite thermonitor and i was just wonders which temp do i read the indoor or the outdoor temp?

and also i just recently bought my ball Python and i was wondering if i should put his cage in a closet that's in my room being in fact that summer is almost here and i have A/C in my room?

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BOTH.

Put the probe on the cool side and put the little console in the tank or tub on the hot side. you get and cool and hot temp and even the humidity.

Hope this helps

Kim I used your pic it was the first one I found hope you don't mind
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...urynsHouse.jpg

Aww shucks... I did that wrong too... :P I put the reader on the cold side and the probe on the warm side... I'll fix it when I get home *sigh*

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

Aww shucks... I did that wrong too... :P I put the reader on the cold side and the probe on the warm side... I'll fix it when I get home *sigh*

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That will work too. Just as long as both the reader and the probe are in the enclosure.

Your fine.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Put the probe on the cool side and put the little console in the tank or tub on the hot side. you get and cool and hot temp and even the humidity.

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what?

why would you do that? I put the probe on the warm side so it reads the actual belly heat..not ambient temps...

I could be wrong...but if your ambient warm temps are reading ~93, would that mean your belly heat is much higher? :confuzd:

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

That will work too. Just as long as both the reader and the probe are in the enclosure.

Your fine.

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:D I'd already made the mistake of not putting the reader in the tank... I was like NO WAY the humidity is still 53%! It should be like 80% right now the way I just misted (he was just about to shed and with the lamp it doesn't stay 80%, it just starts out high when I mist and then it drops fast) and then I realized the original purpose of the accurite and felt that this mistake was rather dumb LOL... :oops:

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

what?

why would you do that? I put the probe on the warm side so it reads the actual belly heat..not ambient temps...

I could be wrong...but if your ambient warm temps are reading ~93, would that mean your belly heat is much higher? :confuzd:

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Right.... but if you set the controller down on the substrate your getting pretty much the same thing as you would with the probe(like in the picture). Either will work just fine. As long as the controller is on the substrate and the probe is on the substrate. I mean if the probe is on the hot side and the controller is up off the ground on the cool side the your not getting an accurate cool side temp.

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

:D I'd already made the mistake of not putting the reader in the tank... I was like NO WAY the humidity is still 53%! It should be like 80% right now the way I just misted (he was just about to shed and with the lamp it doesn't stay 80%, it just starts out high when I mist and then it drops fast) and then I realized the original purpose of the accurite and felt that this mistake was rather dumb LOL... :oops:

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Not dumb! Your learning.
Lights tend to suck humidity out of the air. Try and use only a UTH with a dimmer or preferably a thermostat of some kind. You'll see the humidity get stable and be loads easier to maintain and keeping the humidity up during sheds will be a misting every two to three days thing.

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

what?

why would you do that? I put the probe on the warm side so it reads the actual belly heat..not ambient temps...

I could be wrong...but if your ambient warm temps are reading ~93, would that mean your belly heat is much higher? :confuzd:

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This was my logic too. Otherwise, how will you know if the hot side ground temp is too hot? the cool side ground doesn't matter as much, just as long as the ambient isn't below 80-83 range. The hot side belly temp must be between 90-93, if it is too low, it isn't hot enough to digest properly, if it is too high you can cause harm to the animal.
I would definately put the probe on the hot side, under the hide where the snake spends most of its time, and the unit on the cool side. If ambient temp on the hot side was 93 I would assume that, yes, the ground temp would be much hotter, probably out of the ideal 90-93 range.
That is my :2cent: .

Edit: You're too quick for me! I stand my unit up so I can read it from the outside of the tub. If you stand it up, I recommend doing it this way. If you lay it down, then either way would work I guess.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Not dumb! Your learning.
Lights tend to suck humidity out of the air. Try and use only a UTH with a dimmer or preferably a thermostat of some kind. You'll see the humidity get stable and be loads easier to maintain and keeping the humidity up during sheds will be a misting every two to three days thing.

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Now that it's warming up a lot, I've stopped using the heat lamp. My basking spot has been staying at 92-94 without the lamp on. I think I'll only have to use the lamp occasionally either to decrease humidity in the tank or if the room temps drop (which in NC they do a lot... today 80 degrees, Thursday 50...)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Right.... but if you set the controller down on the substrate your getting pretty much the same thing as you would with the probe(like in the picture). Either will work just fine. As long as the controller is on the substrate and the probe is on the substrate. I mean if the probe is on the hot side and the controller is up off the ground on the cool side the your not getting an accurate cool side temp.

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I'm going to put this theory to the test tonight (@ work..can't do it now :(). and i'm not really all that worried about my cool side being spot on accurate. I'm worried about burns. and, imo, putting the unit on the warm substrate is simply saying yes, the *ambient* temp is ~93. but the ground (assuming this is belly heat we're using...) will be much hotter in order to make the ambient temps 93. Securing the unit or the probe on the substrate is useless for me. my snakes like to move their substrate around and they end up on the bottom of the tub anyway.

I put my unit on the cool side of the enclosure, propped up in the front corner so I can see it easily....then tuck the probe up under the hide on the warm side. That's where the snake spends 99.9% of her time when she's on the warm side, and that's where the heating element is, so that's the temp I want to have the most accurate bead on.

That's just what I do. Not saying it's the only right way. ;)

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

:D I'd already made the mistake of not putting the reader in the tank... I was like NO WAY the humidity is still 53%! It should be like 80% right now the way I just misted (he was just about to shed and with the lamp it doesn't stay 80%, it just starts out high when I mist and then it drops fast) and then I realized the original purpose of the accurite and felt that this mistake was rather dumb LOL... :oops:

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dont be ashamed i did the same thing lol

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Originally Posted by Blaq215

dont be ashamed i did the same thing lol

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and since i bought two i have the same acurite. as in the picture, the probe is on the right side and the controler is in the cage mounted in the middle of the tank, and i also have another one with just the indoor out door temp and no humidy reader ( I use that probe to read the kool side and the device is out side of the tank, would this work i am getting good reading so far warmside is reading 87 cool side 78 and ambient air is like 82

I have mine on a little suction cup stuck to the side to the glass over one of the hides. I have the probe going down under the substrate on the UTH. I buried the remaining cord in substrate beside his water dish.

You read it like so:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...g?t=1175619576


Hope this helps! :)

so probe on the thermometer is more accurate then the console for reading the belly heat. the problem im having is my warm side is a good 90-93 but the cool side (read from the console) sits at 70-75. so since this 70-75 ambiant, the belly heat should be higher then that?

i have 2 UTHs, one on my warm side and one in the middle/cool sideish. the cool one is on a dimmer for know till i get a thermostat.

turn the dimmer up more (open) to allow more voltage through to get the cool side temps up around 80. when you get the temp straight, tape the dimmer so it won't move/adjust.


i too put the probes on the warm end and the unit on the cool side, so i can see it. good thermostats help alot in keeping the temps right on!


vaughn

I'm another one who keeps the unit on the cool side (I velcro it to the side of the enclosure at ground level inside) and run the probe to sit on top of the substrate inside the warm side hide.


I got tired of the snakes turning the unit over, velcro works like a charm!