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Rhp vs dhp
Hey guys, been reading on here a while. Just finished Ragnar my (Ive had him 12 years and he was full grown when I got him) BP background for his 4x2x2 Dubia Roaches enclosure
I thought I did quite a bit of research on the heating source. (I will be putting a HDPE 4x2 Sheet on the top due to it being a screen top.) I purchased and PH1220 85W RHP from Bob at pro products. Now that the background has cured fully, I've been playing with he temps. I can't seem to get a gradient. The panel appears to heat the entire ambient temp to within a few degrees. I have the panel mounted almost all the way on the hot side and mounted short ways to hopefully help with the gradient but it doesn't appear to be working.
Would it be beneficial to somehow add in a DHP from Arcadia on the hot side to aid in keeping the hot side about 10* hotter? Currently the hot side is 84 and the cool side is 81. I am still in the tinkering stage of this set up.
No substrate has been added. Hot side temps read by Accurate therm/hygrom and cool side measured by biodude them/hygrom on a villa thermostat. and all are reading within a 3-4* difference.
No substrate is in the enclosure yet. (Currently have the ZooMed Jungle Mix ready to go in. Once I can figure out these temps. Thanks for the help.
I am in Texas and my house is usually 74-75* (All temps listed are in *F)
Last edited by thebeard89; 04-18-2023 at 08:12 PM.
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Re: Rhp vs dhp
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Re: Rhp vs dhp
Originally Posted by thebeard89
Would it be beneficial to somehow add in a DHP from Arcadia on the hot side to aid in keeping the hot side about 10* hotter? Currently the hot side is 84 and the cool side is 81. I am still in the tinkering stage of this set up.
No substrate has been added. Hot side temps read by Accurate therm/hygrom and cool side measured by biodude them/hygrom on a villa thermostat. and all are reading within a 3-4* difference.
No substrate is in the enclosure yet. (Currently have the ZooMed Jungle Mix ready to go in. Once I can figure out these temps. (All temps listed are in *F)
Putting the substrate and hardscape and hides in, and then dialing in temps and moisture levels, is the better way to proceed. Substrate holds heat, evaporation from substrate moves heat around, hardscape holds heat, hides trap heat, hardscape/hides block heat, heat dries substrate, and so on.
Also, measuring temps with an IR gun is somewhat more accurate and way more effective than stationary thermometers (can measure 20 spots in 30 seconds, rather than one spot with a 10 minute recovery time after moving the thermometer, then closing the enclosure and waiting for temps to stabilize).
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Re: Rhp vs dhp
Originally Posted by thebeard89
Bear in mind that the closer something is to the RHP the warmer it will get. I would leave the heat setup as is and put a perch or shelf under the RHP with a hide setup on it as part of the decor, and adjust the object height so it creates a spot about 88*F as read by a point thermometer. That will give your snake a place to bask.
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Re: Rhp vs dhp
I did buy a temp gun as well. Before installing substrate, hot spot floor was 96* and cool side floor was 88*. I moved the probe for the thermostat and installed the substrate. Just have to tinker with it.
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