Quote Originally Posted by Raven01 View Post
40W should do a ball enclosure. I am curious though as to what type of thermostat you are running this RHP on. A proportional control like Herpstat or Vivarium Electronics should in theory dial down the output power even on an 80W to maintain the set temp without dramatic overheating and cooling as a slow on/off thermostat would and I am not entirely sure a pulse control couldn't cause the same issue.
It is controlled by a Vivarium Electronics VE200. What I have done is hang the probe so it is just under one edge of the RHP. This means in order to achieve the correct temperature on the cage floor I have to put the set temp several degrees higher than what I actually want. When my probe is reading 98-99 the temperature on the floor of the cage is right around 90 on the warm side.

My problem is that to get a hot side temperature of 90 the entire cage is heated to the point that even inside the cool side hide the temperature on the cage floor is a little over 83 degrees.

Is it OK to introduce my snake to its new home the way it is? My main concern is that my snake has always had the option of moving to a spot that is cooler than 83 degrees.
I'm also wondering which is more important: a hot spot of around 90 degrees or a cool spot around 80?