Quote Originally Posted by tttaylorrr View Post
welcome! here's what i've gathered from you post:

first: pictures always help! feel free to post your setup.

okay, get a reliable digital thermometer/hygrometer. i can almost guarantee the ones you have are giving inaccurate readings. this should be step 1.

a UTH does not heat ambient (air) temperatures, it is only meant to provide belly heat. what type of thermostat are you using brand-wise? jc.

return the bulb+dome and get a 100 watt CHE (ceramic heat emitter); you'll need a dome with a CERAMIC socket for the CHE bulb. beeps don't like light and a CHE does not give off any light as opposed to the bulb. you'll need to have an ambient heat source if the room is consistently 75° and below.

also, if you can, get an IR temp gun. this will save you so many headaches in the future.


YOU'RE A COOL PARENT!!!
So if I buy that thermometer you linked, do I buy two one for each side and also where do I place it? Just on top of the substrate against the back? Sorry if these questions sound dumb, I'm very new to this.

Also okay I see about the CHE, I was looking to buy one of those yesterday but the pet store I was at didn't seem to carry any, but it's the same as a dome right in that it takes bulbs too, but it's labeled ceramic instead? I'll try and see if I can find that today. I would prefer to not buy stuff online at this point I'm trying to get everything right as fast as possible.

The thermostat is a "Jump start" one I got off amazon.