Two heat sources on one thermostat?

[mikemooch]

I actually bought two of those 600w thermostats about a month ago and like them a lot for the price. Did you set both day and night temperatures on the thermostat? I'm betting you only set one and that's why you're getting low temps.

Ambient temp around the cage should be 80ish. The hot spot that you get from the uth should be 88-90f. You need to measure the surface of the glass to get that temp, not the substrate.

I actually set both. For the first time in my life I actually read instructions, only bc I couldn’t figure out how to toggle between the two. Lol.


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[mikemooch]

That's why it's important to measure the ACTUAL SURFACE TEMP. Snakes burrow and push substrate around and lay directly on the surface.
Your hot spot surface temp should be 89-90.

Gotcha. Glad I bought a temp gun. It’s nice being able to get temps everywhere in the enclosure.


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[SquirmyPug]

I actually set both. For the first time in my life I actually read instructions, only bc I couldn’t figure out how to toggle between the two. Lol.


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Have you checked to make sure it's still set correctly for both day and night? Power outage or anything lately that could have caused a problem?

Have you plugged the uth and che in directly to the wall to find out if they get hotter without a thermostat? If they get hotter without it then you know the problem is the thermostat.

[Craiga 01453]

Gotcha. Glad I bought a temp gun. It’s nice being able to get temps everywhere in the enclosure.


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Yup, very helpful tool. It can be used to check temps of frozen/thawed prey when feeding too. Once you've done it enough you just kinda know, but it helps if you're just learning.