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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    Quote Originally Posted by tttaylorrr View Post
    unplug the UTH immediately. you're risking the safety of your snake by running the UTH unregulated. purchase a thermostat NOW. this one can be used for a year or so while you save up for a better and more reliable one (Herpstat brand).

    i use a 100 W CHE for my 20gal, so you might need to up the wattage. get that bulb on a thermostat or rheostat. ALL heat sources MUST be regulated. there are no exceptions.

    what are the warm/cool -side ambient temps for your enclosure? how are you measuring these temps and how cold are we talking here? i'm assuming you're talking about your hot spot when you said "pretty steady around 90," but you don't sound confident in that number. you NEED to know the exact temperatures of your entire enclosure, and this is why thermostats are so important.
    that was the thermostat I planned on buying but I wasn't super confident it would work because the reviews were so hot & cold, but since you're recommending it I'll pop it in my cart. hopefully henry is alright when I get home, I'm at work so I can't unplug the UTH and no one is home.

    I measure the temps with a laser thermometer to get the corners but I do have a thermometer/hygrometer mounted in the cage. its getting really cold at night on the cold side, somewhere in the 60s which is why I'm looking for a quick solution. we'd been having quite a warm fall but of course it turned overnight. I was concerned that it was a bit cool (75) before but now I know that its too cold. Warm side (in this weather) seems to be at like 80 (it was this morning when I checked the temp.

    I'll definitely invest in a higher watt bulb
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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    Quote Originally Posted by casedbhloe View Post
    that was the thermostat I planned on buying but I wasn't super confident it would work because the reviews were so hot & cold, but since you're recommending it I'll pop it in my cart. hopefully henry is alright when I get home, I'm at work so I can't unplug the UTH and no one is home.

    I measure the temps with a laser thermometer to get the corners but I do have a thermometer/hygrometer mounted in the cage. its getting really cold at night on the cold side, somewhere in the 60s which is why I'm looking for a quick solution. we'd been having quite a warm fall but of course it turned overnight. I was concerned that it was a bit cool (75) before but now I know that its too cold. Warm side (in this weather) seems to be at like 80 (it was this morning when I checked the temp.

    I'll definitely invest in a higher watt bulb
    that thermostat is fairly reliable but i wouldn't consider it a permanent solution to regulating heat sources. they've been known to fail after a few years so it's better to upgrade from that as soon as possible. i have 3 of those Jumpstarts and plan on getting Herpstats to replace them within a year.

    is your thermometer/hygrometer analog or digital? just curious because those suction cup analog dials are wildly inaccurate.

    your ambient temps should never fall below, like, 75° F anywhere within the enclosure. i try to keep my ambient temps around 80° F.
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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

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    that thermostat is fairly reliable but i wouldn't consider it a permanent solution to regulating heat sources. they've been known to fail after a few years so it's better to upgrade from that as soon as possible. i have 3 of those Jumpstarts and plan on getting Herpstats to replace them within a year.

    is your thermometer/hygrometer analog or digital? just curious because those suction cup analog dials are wildly inaccurate.

    your ambient temps should never fall below, like, 75° F anywhere within the enclosure. i try to keep my ambient temps around 80° F.
    Is a velcro analog, but I guess that doesn't change anything. Perhaps I'll invest in a digital one as well.

    I know these things about the temperatures. My preference is to keep ambient at around 80 as well but, as I said, cooler temps have hit

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    Ok now we've talked about a lot of things that aren't radiant heat panels, does anyone have a solution to my actual question:

    Can they be mounted on a glass cage setup?

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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

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    Is a velcro analog, but I guess that doesn't change anything. Perhaps I'll invest in a digital one as well.

    I know these things about the temperatures. My preference is to keep ambient at around 80 as well but, as I said, cooler temps have hit

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    Ok now we've talked about a lot of things that aren't radiant heat panels, does anyone have a solution to my actual question:

    Can they be mounted on a glass cage setup?
    i'm trying to help you get set up with proper equipment since your snake does not have adequate heat OR equipment. an RHP needs to be regulated by a thermostat as well and i don't think a Jumpstart will cut it (EDIT: nah it would work, but i use a Herpstat regardless)

    the only radiant heat panel i know of that is mounted to a glass enclosure is user Mr Sully's quarantine tank with a Pro Panel RHP on top. my RBI RHP needs to be mounted with screws, which i use for my PVC.
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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    Quote Originally Posted by tttaylorrr View Post
    i'm trying to help you get set up with proper equipment since your snake does not have adequate heat OR equipment. an RHP needs to be regulated by a thermostat as well and i don't think a Jumpstart will cut it (EDIT: nah it would work, but i use a Herpstat regardless)

    the only radiant heat panel i know of that is mounted to a glass enclosure is user Mr Sully's quarantine tank with a Pro Panel RHP on top. my RBI RHP needs to be mounted with screws, which i use for my PVC.
    I definitely planned on getting a more expensive thermostat for my RHP. It seems silly to have a top of the line heat setup with a not great thermostat.
    but I guess what I've learned here is they're not compatible with glass cages. I shall investigate other options

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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

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    I definitely planned on getting a more expensive thermostat for my RHP. It seems silly to have a top of the line heat setup with a not great thermostat.
    but I guess what I've learned here is they're not compatible with glass cages. I shall investigate other options
    glass isn't the best at keeping heat in, so you'd be wasting a lot of energy/electricity trying to keep a glass enclosure warm with an RHP. that's why you don't really see it.
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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    Please get a thermostat ASAP. There was someone who recently had a snake thought got burnt. Just trying to save you the trouble of a vet visit.
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    I used a handful of exo terras that I had glass cut to fit ontop instead of the screen tops. I then drilled holes through the glass and mounted rhp to them. They worked wonderfully, only reason I quit using them is everyone out grew their enclosures. You can do the same thing with a piece of wood cut to size as well.

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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    Are you able to raise your house temps? Thats a decent short term solution. My uth failed recently if it wasn't for the herpstat i could have had huge issues. So i had to raise house temps to 79 and put a temporary ir bulb up. Rhp's i've seen for plastic and wood vivs but not glass tanks.

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    Re: how did you mount your radiant heat panel?

    I have an acurite thermomter that is $10 from walmart, you can get them with probes for a little more so you can measure the floor temp
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