Help with thermostat

[martin82531]

I know normally it is best practice to sandwich the stat probe between the UTH and the bottom of the cage (I use Herpstats on my established). I do on my T8s. But my glass quarantine tanks I run with the Hydrofarms as they are in there for such a short amount of time. I did find if I put the probe in the enclosure on top of the glass and laid the UTH mat flat on the underside, it worked much better and was only 2-3 degrees off. I use hot glue to secure the probe wire, but leave the probe itself entirely exposed and resting on the glass.

I wouldn't put the probe inside the enclosure, snake pees on it, moves the probe, water spills, all these these things could lower the temp the probe is reading verse what the actual temp of your UTH is and cause a spike in your UTH that could burn your snake. I have heard other posters that measured a zoo med getting up to 130 degrees, false probe readings and this could happen.


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