HELP...Heating Scare!!!

[marct]

I've been housing my bps in a reptile basics 4 tub rack for about 6 months now . I have a Herpstat regulating the temps... The rack is located in one of my spare bedrooms. My heat and humidity are on point... I recently purchased a new thermometer/hydrometer that not only shows the current data, but it also shows the high and lows... well... I just checked it this afternoon and it shows that my highs (on the cool side) got up to 105.1 during the day.... how is this possible... I keep my house at 75 when I am at work...

Has anyone ever dealt with this situation.... I'm to the point where I am about to take a freaking sick day to stay home tomorrow to watch my snakes...

Thank you in advance,
Marc

[DustinB]

What are your cool side temps reguarly? That is pretty odd. Where is your tstat probe placed? Where is the thermometer probe placed?

[Vypyrz]

If you know your house didn't get that hot then, depending on where your thermostat unit is located, it may have gotten wet causing an eratic reading from a temporary short, bad readings possibly from the batteries getting low, or possibly old data still stored in the unit from factory testing. Some thermostats have a small "reset" switch, usually a tiny hole that you can stick a pin or small nail in and hold it for a few seconds in order to reset the unit to default settings or zero it out...



Rob

[LaFilleClochette]

the heat probe might not have been in the right place.. this has happened to us when the heat probe for some reason was on the rack but on the the flexwatt and the heat went up to 100*+ We managed to tape the probe onto the flexwatt and don't have that problem anymore

[Vypyrz]

the heat probe might not have been in the right place.. this has happened to us when the heat probe for some reason was on the rack but on the the flexwatt and the heat went up to 100*+ We managed to tape the probe onto the flexwatt and don't have that problem anymore

I may be switching to a rack soon. I'll keep that in mind when the time comes...


Rob

[seeya205]

Like what was already said, reset the unit and see if you get the same readings! Don't take a sick day if you don't need to!

[marct]

thank you everyone... i dont understand what happened... the temps have stayed fairly stable... ill keep watching it... thanks again..