You should have any heater probe positioned in-line with the centre of the heat source and halfway between the heater and the ground. You want to ensure the heat source is accurately controlled and not the ambient temps or the cool side temps. Calibrate the basking temp with an infra red temp gun.Originally Posted by robert7107
What can I do to fix this problem?
Like to have the hot side at 90-92 an cool side at 78-82...
I installed my heat panel yesterday and hooked it up to a thermostat setting at 80 degrees..
The temperature reading on the floor on the cool side where the probe is was 78 to 81 degrees turn on the hot side 92-92 degrees...
My room temperature reached 80 degrees turning the thermostat off keeping my cool side around 77-78 but my hot side was only 82- 84 degree...
My room temperature ranges anywhere between 76-80 year round.. I run a space heater during winter months an AC is kept at 77 at the lowest an usually close the vent when not in the room... Snakes are kept in bedroom....
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The ambient and cool side temps will be on point as long as the wattage of your heat source is what is recommended for the size of your enclosure. This is because you want to have the basking area set to a certain temperature that dictates the rest of the cage temps.
For example I have my baby Burm in a 4 x 2 enclosure. A 150 watt heat source is the sweet spot for the size of my enclosure. So as long as my heat source is controlled by a pulse proportional stat all other enclosure temps fall in-line irrespective of external room temps within reason
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