increasing humidity

[stevepoppers]

I am using an UTH but no thermostat. I ran the prob wire under the substrate and it comes up next to the hide on the hot side.

So i guess i should switch to a CHE?

And thanks for the pics and idea Vypyrz. I think i might check to see if i could find some sort of plexiglass or plastic cover for the top of the tank but if i can't i will definately do what you did.

Put the probe itself under the substrate against the glass. That's the place of which you want to know the temperature. Your temperatures may actually be too hot. Without a thermostat, they probably are because UTHs can normally reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Sometimes 140. Making this switch could reveal that you don't really don't need the lamp, and that alone might solve the humidity problem.

[llovelace]

I just throw in dampened sea sponges during shed cycles, my humidity is constantly in the low 50's anyway being in south Fl

[chris4554]

I moved the probe to where you said and its reading 95.5 degrees. The cool side is at 80 though. That is without the lamp on now too. Any suggestions?

[chris4554]

The temp actually went down a couple more degrees its 93.3 and 79 now

[stevepoppers]

Those seem proper. The 95.5 is too high. I'd keep an eye on it. Those pads can have heat spikes.