Cable Management

[The Serpent Merchant]

I just built myself two A419 setups to get away from the cheapy pet store ones. Forgive my ignorance here but considering the accuracy of the ones I just built, should I just set at 95, use 1/2" of aspen and forget about it?

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No matter how accurate your thermostat (and those aren't as accurate as some) its never a good idea to do that.

[faulkan]

No matter how accurate your thermostat (and those aren't as accurate as some) its never a good idea to do that.

That's understandable. Then we have another issue with a temp gun. Since the heat pad is directly under the hide, the second you remove the hide to check surface temperature, won't you get an inaccurate reading due to the drop in temperature from removing hide which would have been trapping some of the heat?

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[The Serpent Merchant]

That's understandable. Then we have another issue with a temp gun. Since the heat pad is directly under the hide, the second you remove the hide to check surface temperature, won't you get an inaccurate reading due to the drop in temperature from removing hide which would have been trapping some of the heat?

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The difference will be negligible at best. Certainly nothing measurable by the thermometers/temp guns used in the hobby that have at least a +/- 2 F error

[faulkan]

The difference will be negligible at best. Certainly nothing measurable by the thermometers/temp guns used in the hobby that have at least a +/- 2 F error

Thanks again for you patience. I've been stressing lately over getting everything exactly right for my babies. I work on F-16 avionics so I tend to be a bit an@l retentive at times.

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[The Serpent Merchant]

Thanks again for you patience. I've been stressing lately over getting everything exactly right for my babies. I work on F-16 avionics so I tend to be a bit an@l retentive at times.

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I'm an electrical engineer for a US defense contractor so I know what you mean. Plus I'm pretty OCD anyway.

Anyway, it's no problem at all!

[faulkan]

I'm an electrical engineer for a US defense contractor so I know what you mean. Plus I'm pretty OCD anyway.

Anyway, it's no problem at all!

I think we digressed a bit. You used hot glue to attach the probes to the glass above the UTH. Did you also use hot glue to attach the cables up the side of the tank? That was the part I was considering using the 3M Commander clips on. Both my BCI and my BP keep getting into it and popping the suction cups that I'm using now off the glass.

[romeosidvicious]

Yes you can hot glue the cables to the side of the tank. The nice thing about hot glue is that you can remove it with a scraper like you do stickers on glass. So if you don't get it right, you can do it again. Glue sticks are cheap and easy to work with.

[faulkan]

Yes you can hot glue the cables to the side of the tank. The nice thing about hot glue is that you can remove it with a scraper like you do stickers on glass. So if you don't get it right, you can do it again. Glue sticks are cheap and easy to work with.

Awesome. I'll take these things back and get a hot glue gun instead. To give you an idea of how an@l I've gotten, I was having trouble with humidity and temperature gradient due to screen tops. I moved both tanks into their own room with a place heater set to 80 and a vaporizer (not a humidifier) on a timer set 2 hours on/2 hours off cycling all day/every day. Now my ambient temps are running between 81 and 84 depending on the time of day and my humidity runs between 55 and 65%. My fiancee must have thought I was nuts because I kept obsessing over every little detail until I got it closer to where I wanted everything. Once I get my "real" enclosures, I should have far fewer issues.