How to Setup a Glass Tank (20 long) With Pictures!

okay quick question... if I didnt attach a temperature probe to the bottom of the tank before I put my UTH on, whats another way I can attach the probe without destroying my UTH in the process??

I have a hydro foam under the uth just like you have it, I also put a probe inside the tank above the uth. Even when I set the uth to 78 on the hydro foam it reads around 92 inside the tank above it. I don't know how to fix it

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Originally Posted by Addicted2BP

okay quick question... if I didnt attach a temperature probe to the bottom of the tank before I put my UTH on, whats another way I can attach the probe without destroying my UTH in the process??

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You can attach the probe to the underside of the UTH then. (So between the UTH and whatever the cage is sitting on.

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Originally Posted by Tunechi

I have a hydro foam under the uth just like you have it, I also put a probe inside the tank above the uth. Even when I set the uth to 78 on the hydro foam it reads around 92 inside the tank above it. I don't know how to fix it

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Are there any other heat sources on the cage? Sounds like you have a heat lamp skewing your probes readings. Otherwise I would recommend replacing the hydrofarm.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

The only time you can plug more than one heat source into a single thermostat is when they are all identical in every way. If the wattage of the heat sources, or the type of heat sources is different you cannot use both, this goes against the basic function of a thermostat. There are thermostats like the herpstat 2 that combine more than one thermostat into a single unit, but these have multiple probes, separate outputs, and separate set points.

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it work so?

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Originally Posted by southbay54

it work so?

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I'm not sure what you mean by this.

Does the probe accurately read humidity since it is buried under substrate?

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Originally Posted by Dev_DeCoste

Does the probe accurately read humidity since it is buried under substrate?

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The probe doesn't read humidity at all, the probe only measures temperature.

The humidity sensor is behind the screen on the unit

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http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original

The component inside the red/orange box is the humidity sensor

The component inside the Blue box is the cool side temperature sensor (labeled as indoor on the screen)

The component inside the purple box is the clock

The probe is the hot side temperature sensor (labeled as outdoor on the screen)

Oh, okay. I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Innoo-Tech-Out...or+thermometer But turns out its false advertisement.. Only one probe. But thanks for the useful info

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Originally Posted by Dev_DeCoste

Oh, okay. I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Innoo-Tech-Out...or+thermometer But turns out its false advertisement.. Only one probe. But thanks for the useful info

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Based on the vents on the back of that unit, I would assume that it has a very similar configuration to the thermometer I posted pictures above. The same or a very similar setup should work with it as well.

The amazon page says 2 sensors, not 2 probes....