Quote Originally Posted by L.West View Post
I have my thermostat set at 88degrees and that is when I am getting high 90s surface temps with my temp gun. I can certainly lower the setting of the thermostat but was worried when the air temp on the hot side goes to 83/84 on my accurite that it was too low a reading. But, if your saying that doesn't matter as long as the surface temp is reading 90 then in reality, I don't even need the accurite in the cage except for humidity readings. Is this correct. I should rely on what my temp gun is telling me - correct??

Thanks for your help with this.
That is exactly correct. Then, when you start to get a feel for what you need to do to keep the humidity at the place where they have consistently good sheds, you won't need the Acurite at all.