Faulty Thermostat??

[geekd]

Hey everyone,

I'm hoping someone can shed some light. Maybe someone here has experienced a similar fault

I've got several thermostats, and they're all made by Komodo or HabiStat. They each control one heat mat, or lamp.

Recently my BP had a bad poop, and skipped his last couple feeds. I was convinced I wasn't thawing out the food properly, dodgy batch of rodents, or something. Can't believe I didn't check temps (rookie mistake). Last night, I noticed that the lamp in his tank was dull (it was late and the room was warm - didn't think much of it) and when I checked the thermostat today it was set to 22C (~72F). Checked a few others and they've dropped (but no other snake has been ill). Even the thermostat I bought a week ago dropped to low 20s (Celsius).

Has anyone else experienced this fault or just me???? What brand thermostats do you use??? Maybe I've got a reptile-hating poltergeist adjusting my thermostats . A bit concerning nevertheless.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Not too familiar with either of those thermostats are they on/off style?

[geekd]

The one attached to the lamp is a pulse/dimming thermostat

[GoingPostal]

Not all lamps can go on dimmers so that might be part of the problem, what about switching to a ceramic heat emitter bulb instead of one that emits light? It sounds like that to raise ambient temps closer to 80 plus a heat mat on another thermostat to keep the hot spot around 90 would be what you would need. I'm assuming glass aquarium setup?

[KMG]

If the tstat controlling the lamp is on/off in its function the light should either be off or on, not dim. A dim light on a non proportional tstat tells me it is failing.

We need more info about the tstat .

I only use Herpstat.