Just got a new Pastel Ball Python....

[dr del]

Hi,

Actually since it is in a tank with a snake you dont want to be sticking it anywhere unless you are using something like a hotglue gun.

If you have tape in the enclosure please take it out.

But keeping the probe mobile is by far the best idea until you have everything dialed in.

And don't worry - you are actually making good progress and are almost there already.

Adding another lamp dimmer to your heat lamp for example would let you get everything perfect easily.

But I thought you had intended to stop using the lamp and use a second UTH? Have I picked up the wrong end of the stick?


dr del

[PurplePython]

Hi,

Actually since it is in a tank with a snake you dont want to be sticking it anywhere unless you are using something like a hotglue gun.

If you have tape in the enclosure please take it out.

But keeping the probe mobile is by far the best idea until you have everything dialed in.

And don't worry - you are actually making good progress and are almost there already.

Adding another lamp dimmer to your heat lamp for example would let you get everything perfect easily.

But I thought you had intended to stop using the lamp and use a second UTH? Have I picked up the wrong end of the stick?


dr del

no no no, I didnt use tape or glue or anything. the accurite thermomter that i purchased came with like this sticky adhesive side where your supposed to stick it to test the outside temp.

Wherever the unit itself is measure the inside temp (ambient air temp).

I will just have to go buy ANOTHER lamp dimmer lol. It seams like I have ran to 100 stores and got 100 things to add to my tank/setup in the past 48 hours. This is actually getting pretty funny that I always seam to need 1 last thing lol.

Thanks for your help again man. I am going to run to lowes really fast and pick up another lamp dimmer.

I will post in a couple hours and let you know how the temps are.

[PurplePython]

Okay well I set up the 50 watt red bulb to the new lamp dimmer I got. I set it to about 60% on the dimmer, I will wait around an hour and let you know where it ends up.... But now I have yet again another problem.

My humidity is now reading 91%....

Like I said everytime I fix 1 thing, something else starts to whack out lol

[Kaorte]

Okay well I set up the 50 watt red bulb to the new lamp dimmer I got. I set it to about 60% on the dimmer, I will wait around an hour and let you know where it ends up.... But now I have yet again another problem.

My humidity is now reading 91%....

Like I said everytime I fix 1 thing, something else starts to whack out lol

If you are up for it, you could dry the substrate out faster by putting it in the oven on 200* for 15-20 minutes.

[PurplePython]

If you are up for it, you could dry the substrate out faster by putting it in the oven on 200* for 15-20 minutes.

i may have to end up doing that..

should my accurite unit be somewhere high up? Like on top of his hot hide? Or should I put it on top of the substrate in like the back corner of the tank? Maybe I am just not getting a good humidity/ambient air reading becuz of the location of the unit itself?

[Kaorte]

Good point. Try raising the unit up off the substrate and see if that helps with the humidity reading. I forgot that the sensor is at the bottom on this unit.

[PurplePython]

Good point. Try raising the unit up off the substrate and see if that helps with the humidity reading. I forgot that the sensor is at the bottom on this unit.

yeah i was trying to read and find out where the sensor is at on this product.

what I ended up doing is sticking a small square of adhesive to the back of the unit, and i stuck it on the inside of my tank about 6-7 inches from the substrate.

I will leave it like this for 30-45 minutes and see if it gets better readings