I'm using two digital thermometers. One is an Acurite the other is a extech. Probes for these are located in the hides on the top of the substrate. They seem pretty accurate. Also have a temp gun. The probe for the herpstat comes in through a rear vent hole and under the RHP. It hangs down to about 2 inches above the aspen substrate.
I have tried playing around with the probe locations and the hide locations. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
The thing is that it gets so warm in the house during the day (up to like 82-85) that it just effects the gradient too much. Temps are perfect at night and in the morning when it's about 70 degrees in my house. But when my house warms up, the hot hide temp actually lowers from 92 to about 89 and the cool hide temp rises to 84-87. Not really sure if I can do anything at this point other than air condition the house (which is not really an option for me).
So are these temp variants unacceptable? From 89-93 in the hot hide, 80-87 in the cool hide? Cool side is only above 83 for a few hours a day.
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