New Rack Design

[RichsBallPythons]

Even in an open rack, heat rises, and the top will be warmer than the bottom and that's why people put the probe in the middle. I would suggest adding some adhesive backed weatherstripping to the front edge of the shelfs so the door seals up and doesn't allow hot air transfer in the front. What you might have to do is put more holes in the plexi-glass front at the top shelf and taper the number of holes downwards.

The back heat tape should be consistant top to bottom and the consistant venting there should keep hot spots equal, but ambient temps are going to increase from bottom to top.

I see where your coming from, but i run a ceiling fan in the room where the floor of the room is 80 and the top shelf in my tallest racks(6'6'') are 82. So i dont see this design being one problem at all with the way i have it figured out since its going to be a smaller rack for hatchlings of only 4' tall.

Once i get it built ill update everyone on how it worked.