sign of heat pad to hot?

[OhhWatALoser]

if its 110+ it will feel "hot" by just about anyones standards, and without a thermometer the dimmer would be useless to him. (and just so everyone knows a dimmer is a rheostat)

[omnibus2]

those IR temperature guns do not work on glass!

You overlooked the fact that you would be measuring the substrate...

[seeya205]

My bp always sleeps in the warm side and comes out at night to bask in the hot side!

[Patricia]

Here's a picture of the AcuRite. There are several types, but the rest are wireless. We want that wire so that the unit itself can sit at the cool end while the wire stretches over to the warm end. People have posted difficulty finding it at WalMart. It's over in the HARDWARE section, not gardening, along with other AcuRites and various thermometers.

BTW, that picture also shows various thermostats.

[rabernet]

thanks but then what should i do if they run to hot! theres no dial to turn them down!

That's why you should never run a heat pad without a thermostat. Here's where you can buy a thermostat to plug your heat pad into: http://www.reptilebasics.com

[rabernet]

if its 110+ it will feel "hot" by just about anyones standards, and without a thermometer the dimmer would be useless to him. (and just so everyone knows a dimmer is a rheostat)

Ummm, no. Our body temps are normally in the mid to upper 90's and so 110 will not feel very hot to our touch. Even the high 90's can burn your snake.

[nixer]

You overlooked the fact that you would be measuring the substrate...

no i didnt but no one said anything about ir temp guns and the fact that they will not give a proper temp directly on glass.

also that the temp of the substate does matter but the temp of the glass does also.

[OhhWatALoser]

Ummm, no. Our body temps are normally in the mid to upper 90's and so 110 will not feel very hot to our touch. Even the high 90's can burn your snake.

lmao how do you feel on 110 degree days, or in hot tub 110 degrees ( arn't they only 105ish?), 110 is hot to the touch and 90's arn't going to burn your snake, cause other problems if exposed for along time but not burns.

but he should have atleast a them messuring device and a dimmer, at the very least by now, so it doesn't matter now does it?

[Maize]

It's very important that you get a Digital Thermometer and a Temp gun, both are pretty cheap. I keep my heated spot under the hide about 90F. Of course due to room temp, it goes up or down a little. When a snake gets to hot, it leaves that area to cool down. For example, when the hide spot gets around 93-95F, he moves to the other side for a couple hrs and then goes back.

This is pretty natural for reptiles.

[omnibus2]

no i didnt but no one said anything about ir temp guns and the fact that they will not give a proper temp directly on glass.

also that the temp of the substate does matter but the temp of the glass does also.

Really? You said

those IR temperature guns do not work on glass!

The glass temp affects the substrate, but it doesn't need to be measured if the ball python is resting on the substrate. It's the substrate's temp that matters.