Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
I use DHP's but am wondering how you have them set up for a PVC enclosure since they won't penetrate opaque material, and only the doors are transparent. Do you have them aimed through the door?

Mine are aimed through plexiglass so the radiation penetrates well and then warms up objects in the enclosure - including the snake - when he basks on a perch.
The top of the enclosure is a wire mesh, with a hood on top. The DHP's are set up on top of the mesh projecting down into the enclosure, and the hood goes over the top of the DHP's to keep them contained.

The surface of the objects are warming up pretty well (the tops of the caves, a log, some rocks, the substrate). It just seems like the inside of the caves aren't really warming up at all. I rearranged my humidity box (currently a plastic tupperware with spagnum moss in it) and it seems to get up to 83F at best on the inside.


What are you using to take temperatures inside the hides?
I've been using both a temp gun and a Zoomed hydrometer/thermometer combo for testing the insides of the hides. I also have other sensors hooked up to a herpstat 4 measuring the overall ambient temperature and adjusting the DHP's.