Quote Originally Posted by Spaniard View Post
I would feel safer with option 1; I would be afraid of the glass cracking or the snake getting burned with option 2. When I had my tank set up I left the CHE resting on top of the screen over the warm side, this worked fine for me temp wise. I eventually stopped using the CHE b/c I ran into humidity problems. I ended up sticking another UTH on the side of my warm side to help me with ambient temps while not sucking up my humidity like the CHE did.
Yeah, I would prefer to be able to put it right on top of the screen but there just isn't room for it. However I think this might end up working a little better in the end as far as air circulation and keeping the humidity right. I just want to make sure it's not wasted electricity/energy if it's not going to heat up enough, but in the 30-45 mins I've had it set up, I've noticed a couple degrees increase (nothing much, but I also opened the a/c vent in my room, as I had it closed before so the room didn't get freezing without the necessary heaters).