Yes, your setting AO [Include H/L] is the safest and make sure to enable the high / low alarms and set reasonable high / low alarm temps.

Your percentage is a sign that your enclosure is well matched to its heating equipment. The unit dims down power to try to maintain your setting. Yours only is needing around 28% power which means your heating device is doing a great job of keeping that temp in combination with the enclosure size and room temperature.

Using the 2nd probe as a thermometer is fine. You don't need to adjust its max output to a lower setting but its not a bad idea in case a heating device accidentally got plugged into that outlet.


Quote Originally Posted by Lexiethekitten View Post
Thank you for the very detailed example, it made a lot of sense to someone like me, who's kinda dumb about technical things.

From what I understand... IO only turns off one side with an error and that could, for some odd reason, mess up and kill your snakes from overheating if it doesn't trigger completely?

Should I use AO [Include H/L], AO [Exclude H/L], or AO [Any Error]?

I definitely don't want to be away from home one day and come back to cooked snakes, that would be devastating...

And another thing, does it matter what percentage shows?
For example:
Output 1 is set to 100% maximum power at 92*F... But the probe reads 92.0*F and the percent is at 28%.
Output 2 is used as a probe only, I have it set at 10% Maximum power, it reads 76.2% at 10%.

Current setup;
H/L - 96*F H, 65*F L.
Safety - AO [Include H/L]