Quote Originally Posted by snake lab View Post
After 15 years of breeding reptiles the one thing i still cant wrap mybhead around is this. Probe placement. I do not understand why some people put the probe directlly on the heat source. Please dont explain it to me cause i dont want this to get into a 4 page rant about it lol. Thats not really my intention nor do i want to start an argument. I want to know exactly what temps are in my tubs. Therefore i place all my probes where they can read tub temps. For example on my freedom breeders that use cb70 tubs there are 10 levels with 30 tubs. I use 2 helixs on each rack. I place the probes where they can read tub temps. This way no guessing. When i had plastic racks i used a sokdering iron to melt a channel in the cieling of the middle tub and hot glued the probe. Again so it could read tub temps. I just dont like the idea of probe placements on heatbsources and having to adjust or guess at tub temps. Maybe its just me. Maybe im just crazy i dunno.
Your system is great I agree it is a simple elegant solution... IF you are using back heat.... IF you have regulated room temps.
Not every keeper uses back heat. Most racks should be in regulated rooms I know this better than most but again not all racks are. You have to admit your system will simply NOT work with belly heat, especially in a cooler room temps. There are likely more racks with belly heat than back heat.