Quote Originally Posted by MandMac View Post
Agreed. Without the CHE my ambient temps would be as low as 68. With it, the coldest spots are 78 running up to mid-low 90's directly under the lamp. Adjusting the temps for the hot spot changes the overall ambient temp when your heater is the source of both.
Of course a CHE changes the ambient temp. That is an overhead heat source pumping out a ton of heat. Sure it is a more directed beam than a flooding heat bulb but it has heat spill that reaches and warms the entire cage.

A UTH on the other hand is a under tank heat source that should only be putting off enough heat to get a nice hot spot of 88-90(on the cage floor). An UTH is not meant for heating the entire cage, though many people believe they are.

Comparing the effect of a CHE is nothing like a UTH.

Im just glad the OP didn't have the substrate so thick they had to have the UTH pumped up and caused a burn on the snake when it moved the substrate aside.