As the Ultratherm heat pad I bought was too small, I went ahead and bought some Flexwatt.

I'm back at my apartment, so my pre-BP testing can begin. I got the Flexwatt in the mail today, plugged it into my Herpstat, placed my probe between the tub and heat tape and started watching my temps/humidity on the Accurite.

One thing I've learned already is that I need more holes in the tub (humidity SHOT up to 89% in a few hours).

How long does it take until the tub's settled into a temperature range usually? My warm side is up to temp just fine--but my cool side still needs to be warmer by a few degrees.



EDIT: Just another note--the heating unit in my room is run on a dial thermostat with no number references ("warmer and "colder)--lovely college stock--and it kicks on, pumping out heat, and then off, and that seems to be causing fluctuations, too, that aren't being compensated for with the probe between the tub and the flexwatt? Any advice on how to deal with that?