Quote Originally Posted by Craiga 01453 View Post
That may have been the case. No worries. Now you know. But ALL heat sources should be regulated by a thermostat. I'm willing to bet my house the previous burn was from an unregulated heat mat.

Heat mats are not for ambient temps, they are designed solely to provide a hot spot, primarily used for digestion. Heat lamps are used for ambient temps. You can definitely get away with not providing belly heat though. I don't run belly heat with any of my pythons or my hognose. But, that means either heating a room in winter or upgrading to a Radiant Heat Panel (by far the best heat source). In winter I heat my snake room and use the RHP to provide a warm and cool side. In summer, my snake room stays low 80s most of the time, so my heating equipment hardly turns on.
So do you think having the CHE on one side of the tank provides enough of a hot and cold side? I can’t keep the room in the 80s because he shares a room with me, although the heat emitter does not discriminate in what it heats and has warmed the whole room to nearly 80.