So I was looking at this link:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=85740&page=3

And it popped up some questions in my head, as I am about to build my mini fridge incubator today.

I plan on putting the light grating above the substrate in order to be able to keep the substrate a bit wetter than normal so I dont have to worry about the eggs getting "too wet" if I accidentally put too much water in if the substrate is drying out....now, question being, I read on that link that people are putting their probes in the substrate - are those probes water proof? (I bought a Helix). I don't want to short out my themostat if the substrate is too wet.

Second question: If I was to put the thermostat outside of the tubs, say, on the bottom shelf in between the tubs, is glass shelves going to throw off the temp? Would I need to lower it or raise it because I have glass shelves?

I'm going to play around with it so I get a temp range between 88.5 and 89 degrees in the tubs (I have a couple months to play with it, but I have another smaller incubator running just in case.)

Any input is appreciated! Thanks!