Where to place the thermostat probe

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

I'm completely new to snakes,but not to having common sense..my snake lives inside the enclosure,so I place the thermostat probe to the bottom center of the heat mat and a thermometer probe on the inside the tank ( where my snake lives) and dead center of the pad.. Now unless u have a really thin thermostat probe then you can place it in between the pad and glass,but some have thicker probes and well u can't put them I between cause it wouldn't keep the pad flat to the bottom of the tank,so it's pointless..It's all common sense stuff,not rocket science. That's IMO.. My first 2 snakes and I have worked with my temps and humidity and done many things to get it to work and asked for little to no help. Did some reading,used MY BRAIN and. Common sense and ,that's that...simple man

[Mike41793]

I am not worried about fluids causing damage to the probe. The issue is having liquid lowering the temp of the probe which will then ramp the power and cause the cage to over heat.

Yes, this is what i was referring to. I don't think water spilled on the probe would damage it, just mess up the temps.

Ricky, have you ever checked your snakes with a temp gun? Like the temp of the actual snake? I have my hot spot set to 90. When the 86 degree snake lays on the probe then its gunna send more heat thinking it needs to be hotter when it doesn't.

Also, i'm not sure the temp of the room would effect where the probe is so much. The probe is right under the tub, in a groove, towards the back of the rack. The temp where the probe is compared to the temp inside the tub through a few millimeters of plastic can't be significantly different.

[KMG]

I'm completely new to snakes,but not to having common sense..my snake lives inside the enclosure,so I place the thermostat probe to the bottom center of the heat mat and a thermometer probe on the inside the tank ( where my snake lives) and dead center of the pad.. Now unless u have a really thin thermostat probe then you can place it in between the pad and glass,but some have thicker probes and well u can't put them I between cause it wouldn't keep the pad flat to the bottom of the tank,so it's pointless..It's all common sense stuff,not rocket science. That's IMO.. My first 2 snakes and I have worked with my temps and humidity and done many things to get it to work and asked for little to no help. Did some reading,used MY BRAIN and. Common sense and ,that's that...simple man

I just saw you said the UTH is inside the tank. THATS DEAD WRONG!!!! WHY DO YOU THINK THATS THE CORRECT WAY?

Being new to snakes you should spend some time and see that most long time keepers place the probes for uth's outside the cages. This is because they have learned through trial and error and outside is by far the safest way to set it up.

Like it was already said even Spyderobotics even tells you to place the probe outside the cage.

I have personally tried both ways and I had issues with the probes in the tank but not once have I had an issue with the probe on the outside.

[mrht07]

I have one of those acu-rite indoor out door thermometer. Any suggestions on where to place the probe?

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

I just saw you said the UTH is inside the tank. THATS DEAD WRONG!!!! WHY DO YOU THINK THATS THE CORRECT WAY?

Being new to snakes you should spend some time and see that most long time keepers place the probes for uth's outside the cages. This is because they have learned through trial and error and outside is by far the safest way to set it up.

Like it was already said even Spyderobotics even tells you to place the probe outside the cage.

I have personally tried both ways and I had issues with the probes in the tank but not once have I had an issue with the probe on the outside.

the UTH is on the outside of the tank and the probe is on the outside of the pad..the thermometer is inside the tank..instead of running your mouth just to run it just to oppose my comment ,don't be a fool,READthe comment and then post No where do I state that it's inside the tank and only a retard would put it in tank or tv vk I won do so...pictures on the box are clear enough where it goes,lol

[satomi325]

I have one of those acu-rite indoor out door thermometer. Any suggestions on where to place the probe?

Unit goes in the cool side. Probe goes on the hot side.

So the minimum temp reads the cool end and the max temp reads the hot side.

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[mrht07]

Unit goes in the cool side. Probe goes on the hot side.

So the minimum temp reads the cool end and the max temp reads the hot side.

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Do I put in on the inside or outside?

[Crazymonkee]

Inside

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[mrht07]

Inside

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Maybe a stupid Question but does the monitor go on the inside as well?

[jclaiborne]

Yes it does

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