Quote Originally Posted by CntrlF8
I'm in your area... Puyallup, actually.

I know what you mean about having a hard time maintaining steady temps in your tubs. I'm using an RBI rack, and it's definitely difficult in our area unless you have a room dedicated to it.
We are working on doing this actually. Just have to finish our bedroom so we can move out of the snakes room.

Quote Originally Posted by CntrlF8
are you using a rack, or just tubs? I would suggest building a rack if you haven't already, and I'd be willing to lend a hand in doing so.
They are just in tubs currently. We have all the material to build the rack but we need a rip blade for the saw we have or we need to figure out a way to extend the depth to which the hand held can cut too. The hand held is not our so we have to get the owner to come out and mess with it but she lives about an hour away and we are all busy. I am out of town currently, another reason that boyfriend is not working on it because I am not there to beg and plead for the help But his b-day is tomorrow and his mother, the owner of the saw, will be in the area so I will take matters into my own hands and beg and plee with her. Good thing they like me and would take me as a daughter if they could get rid of thier son lol

Quote Originally Posted by CntrlF8
Now, as far as your temps go... Is there a reason why you're using two different thermostats? Since it's a proportional, you can use one to maintain both sides by using a dimmer/rheostat to dial down the cool side. I'll probably be doing this if I feel the need to add cool side flex to my rack. I can help you with that, also, if you need.
The one controling the cool side is actually a rheostat that I got when I had one snake. When I got more, I got the helix instead. We went to homedepot in Puyallup and lowes and they both said they didn't have the plug in dimmer that wasn't a touch 3 way one. They are big fat liars it was just closing time and I didn't have time to wander the whole store. I went the day I left town and found one but didn't have enough time to set it up before I left. So there is a dimmer waiting for me at home.

Quote Originally Posted by CntrlF8
And finally, humidity... I can see in my head how it would be entirely possible to have "wet" spots within a tub, since the air is more-or-less stagnant, or at least flowing very slowly. It's the same with temp within the tubs.. The only way to make it the same throughout is to homogenize the air somehow, which basically means add a fan to make it circulate and mix evenly. That's how stable, constant temps and humidity are maintained in an incubator.. Not really an option for actual housing, though, since flowing air is going to bring in fresh, cool air and completely screw up your temps.
Well this is where I am actaully a little confused. My warm side has more holes at closer intervals and the temp and the hum is perfect. But on the cool side I have less holes on the sides of the tub but holes in the lid. The temps are lower then optimal but higher humidity. This is the part that puzzles me a bit. The 2 different humidity readings were there before the holes in the lid on the cool side, and that is why I added the holes. Since the air is stagnant...wouldn't the humidity be basically the same on both sides (I took the the water out for a few hours to let it stabalize then played around with moving the water to different places. When I had the water on the warm side, the humidity was still good and too high on cool side...and the same was true even when I moved the water to cool side...I just don't get why it is working this way ) I don't want to try the rice bag thing yet until I gert them in thier rack and new room.

Thanks for the help offer...I may have to take you up on that if I can't twist boyfriends arm this weekend.