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Controlling heat pad temps.
I got my temp probe under the hide and on top of the newspaper substrate and its reading 88-90F but sometimes it will randomly go up to 95 or drop to 84 and i want to be able to controll this but I cant order anything over the internet like a herpstat and my petsmart doesnt sell them either so is there any way I could get one at a home depot or somewhere like that?
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What are you using now to control the temperature?
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
I don't think the home depot will have a thermostat for an application like this. (They may! but I wouldn't think they would...but don't hold me to my word) But I do know that they carry dimmer switches and timers. A timer wouldn't help at all, but a dimmer would keep it from getting too hot once you have the temps settled in. Bad news is, it's not going to keep the temps from dipping down.
Try looking in the phone book for a random Hole-in-the-wall pet shop. There's bound to be one within 30 miles, and they just might carry a thermostat
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
Originally Posted by chris4554
What are you using now to control the temperature?
nothing i only got the tempminder which has a probe to read under the hot hide.
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
You could just get a dimmer to keep the temps from exceeding 95 for now. They are under $10. Or what would be preferable is if you had the cash to pick up an uth thermostat.
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
Originally Posted by Cody John Steele
You could just get a dimmer to keep the temps from exceeding 95 for now. They are under $10. Or what would be preferable is if you had the cash to pick up an uth thermostat.
ive been looking for a uth thermostat all over the place but i dont have any local places that have one
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
Originally Posted by lyoto
ive been looking for a uth thermostat all over the place but i dont have any local places that have one
petco/petsmart normally should carry them.
If not check this out
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053
Btw by providing the city in which u reside in could also help to find one locally.
Last edited by BuckeyeBalls; 11-16-2010 at 01:02 AM.
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
Originally Posted by f4n70m
the petsmart by my place doesnt sell them
thanks for the link i might try that out.
and i live in newmarket,ontario
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+reptile+shows
Look at the first 3 results. Not to sure how far it is from u but maybe you could attend the show? Says 12 days from now... Im sure they have one there or KNOW where to get one locally.
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Re: Controlling heat pad temps.
Originally Posted by f4n70m
i live very close to where this expo is going to be held and i was also hoping to go to it, than i could get a herpstat there and possibly a female spider or a pinstripe
thanks for the help too.
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