i have a four tub rack system. its gonna be more economic and space saving for me to have a rack as i plan to have several bps.
Now I ran into a another problem this morning. Forgot to turn off the oil heater when I went to work this morning and when I came back the temperature in the tub is above 95f at hotspot and my room feels like a sauna. The temperature difference between night and day varies too much I guess.
Seeing how hot my room can get with the oil heater I think I can get by with the oil heater on a timer or a thermostat and limit the amount of movement in and out of the room at night. How much flucation in temperature can a bp take? I know the hotspot should never exceed 95f I'm gonna watch the oil heater to prevent this from happening again but say if the night time temperature dips 10f or so for an hr or two would that affect the snake that much?
But I'm definately gonna look into some insulation material maybe with the material i wont even need to turn on the oil heater that much if at all.
Now that i saw the how high the temperture can get in the day time I'm seriously considering the herpstat or similiar unit with a safety system. Question though the probe for the herpstat is still gonna be place beside the heat tape and not inside the tub how does it know to shut it off? in the day time like just now my thermostat is reading 104f while the tub is reading 96f however at night 104f on the thermostat would yield a perfect 90f. how would the herpstat safety feature distinguish between the the two?
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