Quote Originally Posted by Argentra View Post
Thermostats are the BOMB! And a TOTAL necessity for proper snake keeping. They keep temps within 2 degrees for on/off and less then 1 degree with proportionals...even when your room temps are all over the place!

Oh, and Missi: Is your differential set to 1 on the Ranco? Just seems like it shouldn't have that much fluctuation...
I use a ranco and it is set at 1 degree and I have flustuations of 4-5 degrees, At night I set it higher and during the day I set it lower, still its much easier than using a rheostat.

I think its due to the probe being directly on the UTH, if the probe was inside the enclosure I dont think I would have much fluctuation, but Im afraid if the snake pees or water is spilled on the probe then it will cook my snakes....