Quote Originally Posted by pavy
i got the adaptor and its working fine, so i taped the thermostat probe to the bottom of the plastic tub then taped the flexwatt over the probe but the thing is the flexwatt does not fit flush with the tub, the tub is a little concaved so to get 92-94 i have to have the thermostat set at 99.9. the accurite probe is taped inside the tub then newspaper over it and a little aspen and then the warm hide is placed over it. Does this seem ok??
Not for your Acurite probe, because you aren't truly measuring the temps on top of the surface of the substrate, where your snake will actually lay. That's the temp that you want to be 92-94 - on the surface, not buried beneath the substrate.

I don't tape the probe of my Acurite down. I place it inside the warm side hide, on TOP of all the substrate. I imagine that you'll fine a pretty significant temp difference when you measure the temps on TOP of the substrate.