enclosure temp vs ambient temp

[Mchristy]

I am keeping my BP's in a room I have recently designated to be a herp room. This is a pretty simple question. My ambient temps are kept at 82f 24/7 yet the probes directly in the enclosures say between 77-79f. Should I raise my ambient temps to 85-88f in an effort to get the enclosure temps up or is this okay? Also, I am going for breeding this season and understand how important temps are.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Your temps on the cool end are just fine the way they are.

[Mchristy]

Your temps on the cool end are just fine the way they are.

Awesome, thanks for the help! I nitpick like CRAZY and even the slightest change from the plan in my head eats away at me.

[BHReptiles]

Your temps are fine! You just don't want the cool side to dip below 75* or so. That just opens an avenue for a RI. Anything above and you should be okay.

[kitedemon]

Typically the ambient air temp in the room is a few degrees lower than the air temp in enclosure. But in either case I use these as a rough basic

80ºF cool end surface (give or take a few degrees)
90ºF Warm end surface ( Ditto)
Ambient air temps inside the enclosure (75-85ºF) It can be cooler but personally I would not suggest extended periods cooler. If it is usually warmer the hot spot might need to be rethought. The gradient system should likely give way to a mono temp system some use.

Your temps for air temps sit inside this so there shoud be no issues at all.