OK, I'm tired of worrying and fiddling with dimmers, so a thermostat is being ordered this week (Matt is going to get tired of me asking ?'s). I was looking at getting one of the Ranco t-stats...everything I have read on them has been positive, and I can afford it. My question; all things being the same, I can control the heat in a bunch of cages with one unit right? As long as I don't go over the max wattage of the unit. This is the perfect excuse to own more snakes!

Also, where should I place the probe? I was thinking under substrate at the bottom of cage (newspaper and a little aspen). I have read hot side hide, but whenever my bp is in there, the temp of the hide changes, and I don't think it would be consistent. Thanks again for all the help; and putting up with newbie ?'s (and for not letting me think about cheap dangerous thermostats