Quote Originally Posted by GoingPostal View Post
Herpstat has several options, 1-6 probes I believe. I have several herpstat 4s that run radiant heat panels and flexwatt on my pvc cages. Many people run multiple identical heat on one probe but yes it is more risky, I run one probe per heating device myself. Burns are not rare at all, we see them around here often on unregulated or improperly regulated heat mats with glass tanks although most try to stress immediately to new members about the importance of regulating any heat source. Proportional thermostat would be far better than an on/off type or a rheostat for keeping temps correct.
thanks, that's great to know. for those of us not breeding or who just have one tank in question, is a riostat and heat gun adequate? And, is there a riostat that has a large enough control knob that it can be finally adjusted. the trouble I've been wrestling with with this thermostat is that the slightest turn of the small knob causes a large enough swing that it's hard to nail down. today I think I have it finally figured out, which makes me want to tape the thing down and or score the dial so I can easily get it back to where it was if it gets inadvertently moved.