Need some help with thermostat placement...

[RickyNY]

Hello all.

New to the hobby. I was introduced by my brother to this hobby and now I'm totally addicted. I have a question regarding the placement of the thermostat probe. I've been reading that the probe should be placed in between the glass and the actual heat mat. Is this correct? So it should be glass, thermostat probe and then the heat mat? Like placed the thermostat probe sandwiched between the glass and heat mat? I had read that it was better inside buried in the bedding (substrate). Any help will be great. I was given wrong information I think at the reptile store I bought this at. He said to put the probe outside the heat mat. So he said glass, heat mat and then the thermostat probe taped outside. But the thermostat is not working properly. It turns off and on and I think it's not reading the proper heat. I got a real cheap thermometer from the store because it came as a package deal. But the temperature is not going over 70°. I have the heat mat connected directly right not to the wall without the thermostat until I can figure out the actual and proper way of doing it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

If that 70 degrees you're talking about is ambient temp, then you should seat while you wait because it will never get hotter. Heat mats do not heat up air around enclosure.

Edit: Plug the heat mat back into the thermostat, Do Not use it without a Thermostat.