Where to place the probe

[Homebody]

We are using a 3foot wooden viv. We are also using a Deep heat projector and have a probe for it and the thermometer probe. We just want to make sure that the probe is placed in the correct place. We bought an infared gun today.

We are changing our stat to a dimmer one as it works best with the DHP.

Can a probe be placed under a hide and should the hide be placed right under the heat source. With our corn snake we have the hot hide just to the side.

Does anyone have problems keeping the temp at the cold side up?!

We have placed a few hides in the hot area and have a hide in the cold with the humid hide in the middle. Once I can attach the pictures you will see that the probe and thermometer are attached to a small log on top of the substrate. They may be too high off the ground to get the surface temp accurate.

First, I'd like to encourage you by saying that it looks like you have all the pieces for a first class set up. You'll probably just need to tweak it a bit.

To that end, a couple questions:

• What is the wattage of your DHP?
• What thermostat are you using now and which one are you planning to switch to?