Where should I place the probe?

[idomskt]

Hi Everyone,

So I have two heat sources for my enclosure.

I have a heat mat plug in to a tstat (The tstat set to 96 but inside it measure on 89 because it's outside of the cage).

The second heat source which I will get today is CHE which I will also like to plug to a tstat.

But the question is, where should I place the probe of the tstat?

And also, I read that some people use lamp dimmer, How do I use this? In combine with timer/tstat?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you!

[MisterD83]

Id place 1 probe in a cool side hide and the other in the warm side hide.

The tstat goes into the wall, dimmer goes into the tstat and the dome goes into the dimmer

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Id place 1 probe in a cool side hide and the other in the warm side hide.

Thermostat probes or any UTH should never go into an enclosure.



The CHE, I would run it of a dimmer but using a thermostat I would have the probe a couple inches off of the ground on the back wall on the same side you have the CHE over.

[idomskt]

Thank you,

So If I have a heat mat and a CHE I need to have 2 tstats and 2 thermometers (one to measure the hot and cool side and another one to measure under the substrate)?

Heat mat- Tstat.
CHE- Tstat.

One probe under the UTH, one probe under the substrate, one probe above the substrate in the hot side and one probe in the cold side?

Did I get it right?

Is there an easy way to do it?

Thank you

[PitOnTheProwl]

Temperture gun instead of thermometers......
You either need 2 thermostats or 1 dual zone thermostat.

[idomskt]

Ok and here is another general question.

What will happen if suddenly the tstat will fail and stop working?

I assume that the cage will get really hot but won't the snake can just move to the cool side till the problem will get fixed?

What am I missing?

Because I see that everyone recommend to use tstat which I use but what happen without it?

Thanks again

[PitOnTheProwl]

Some fail off and most fail on. What thermostat are you using?
No, they will not always move.

[idomskt]

I use this one