heating problem in new rack

[Reediculous]

have you found paper towels and newspaper if you used newspaper work very well. id imagine heat transfers a lot better and more efficient through those than aspen.

i don't think it matters.........i always check right on the floor or bottom of the tub! i want to know what the temp is when my snake moves the paper or aspen....i don't want to know the temp on top of it because it could change, if and when they get under it

[tmartin2347]

so thank you for helpn me out. right now temps are at 86 and earlier they werent even getting passed mid 70s. whats your name. oh and by the way i love your cowboys logo. i live in new england and no matter how good the patiriots are cowboys will always be my favorite team. id have to say they are both almost equal but cowboys have just a tiny bit over them.

[tmartin2347]

that actually makes a lot of sense. so im sorry for asking a lot of questions but this is my first rack. so where do you place your thermometer probe. in his hide? or under the substrate right on the tub?

[Reediculous]

Ask all the question you can! thats what this place is for

the accurite has an outside and inside temp..........the probe is at the end of a long cord, and i tape that down under the substrate on the bottom of the tub...........then the unit itself reads the inside temp, and i place that on the cool side

[tmartin2347]

sweet. now is there any reason someone might put a thermometer on the cool side also or is it just a for sure thing that that other side is in the correct cool temps?

[Reediculous]

sweet. now is there any reason someone might put a thermometer on the cool side also or is it just a for sure thing that that other side is in the correct cool temps?

well since the accurite is all one piece( and it reads the outside and inside temps) i just put it to use, but the temps are perfect on the cool side when the warm side is on the money



did you move your probe yet?

[tmartin2347]

yes i did and right now it just turned to 93 degrees. thanks man. youre a life saver. ive been so pissed off all day about this. im gonna go get a few thermometers tomorrow and get my own personal stash of paper towels. do you use any certian type of paper towels like non printed.

[Reediculous]

yes i did and right now it just turned to 93 degrees. thanks man. youre a life saver. ive been so pissed off all day about this. im gonna go get a few thermometers tomorrow and get my own personal stash of paper towels. do you use any certian type of paper towels like non printed.

remember be careful man! don't let it go to hot and go to sleep, just to be on the safe side, keep it lower and then mess with it all day tomorrow

[tmartin2347]

oh ya well right now my snake is still in his 10 gal tank. i would never think to put him in the rack without having temps all stable. but thanks for helping me out. im very pumped about tomarrow now. have a good night.

[Reediculous]

oh ya well right now my snake is still in his 10 gal tank. i would never think to put him in the rack without having temps all stable. but thanks for helping me out. im very pumped about tomarrow now. have a good night.

sweet! later bro! good luck, let me know how it works out