Quote Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles View Post
Even if the water bowl spills, which has never happened, the temps would only spike for a short time - and even then they would barely spike. I poured water from my fridge onto the setup to test this at the beginning and it spiked from 90 to 98 for about 10 minutes at 100%, and then it started to drop again. No harm.



How would this make any difference? Are you saying that the snake would act as an insulator of some kind? The heat is coming from below the probe, not above it.

My Thermometer is under my Kitchen Towel, Under the hide, the heat mat is under the tank heating the hot spot (in the hide). The thermometer is keeping an eye on the hot spot making sure i am able to see how hot it is. Never about 89 when the snakes not there, When my snake sits on it, it raises. 1 degree or so, but its bound too... Its like, having the probe in room temp in the air, then covering it with your hands for 20minutes, it going to raise.