Hasn't poo'd in 3 days and...

[blackcrystal22]

looks like i'll hvae to shop for a dimmer this weekend then.. lol.

You can probably go to ace hardware and get one from the lighting section. A light dimmer would work alright. For about 50 cents.

Or you could go to a petstore and get a zoomed dimmer which is like 6 bucks or something.
Anything is better than nothing. I personally have a 70 dollar thermostat to regulate temperature even with temp changes in my room. ;]

[Sonya610]

looks like i'll hvae to shop for a dimmer this weekend then.. lol.

I bought a zoomed rheostat and it would not turn it down low enough, so be warned. It was a waste of $20 (I had not stuck the uth to the underside of teh tank so I was able to pad it and lower the temp enough that way). Instead of wasting money on that rheostat I should have spent $3 more and got a zoomed thermostat online.

[blackcrystal22]

I bought a zoomed rheostat and it would not turn it down low enough, so be warned. It was a waste of $20 (I had not stuck the uth to the underside of teh tank so I was able to pad it and lower the temp enough that way). Instead of wasting money on that rheostat I should have spent $3 more and got a zoomed thermostat online.

I have a zoomed rheostat and it works just fine.
You probably had a faulty one.

[butters!]

i had the same problem with the zoomed rheostat.it only dimmed the pad to 108 degrees.and they are over 20 dollars here,where did you find it for 6?
here is a link to the ones i use.they dont buzz or make a sound like others.
http://www.dimmers.net/credenza_lamp_dimmer.asp

[Sonya610]

I have a zoomed rheostat and it works just fine.
You probably had a faulty one.

Maybe you had more stuff plugged into it? I only had one small UTH plugged into mine. Like butter said, even at the very very lowest setting it was still going over 100.

[justin81]

I bought a zoomed rheostat and it would not turn it down low enough, so be warned. It was a waste of $20 (I had not stuck the uth to the underside of teh tank so I was able to pad it and lower the temp enough that way). Instead of wasting money on that rheostat I should have spent $3 more and got a zoomed thermostat online.

Mine was the same. Turned all the way down, and still couldn't get it to drop bellow 100 on a ZooMed UTH. I took it back and got a Ranco.

[TaRawr]

ookkkk now its starting to sound like gibberish to me. lol....

UTH is the under tank heating pad???
right??

i have a heating pad underneath on one side, and its like 90 ish down there,,

[rabernet]

ookkkk now its starting to sound like gibberish to me. lol....

UTH is the under tank heating pad???
right??

i have a heating pad underneath on one side, and its like 90 ish down there,,

UTH does = Under Tank Heater. You say it's 90ish, what does your digital thermometer probe read when it's laid on top of the substrate inside the warm side hide?

[frankykeno]

Here's a sticky to help you understand how to use a lamp dimmer as a rheostat.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...432#post873432

Normally you can find these type of lamp dimmers at any Home Depot, Lowe's, WalMart, etc. They generally run about 9 to 10 dollars but the nice thing is once you upgrade to a proper tstat you can always re-use this rheostat/lamp dimmer on your household lamps (I love multi-use stuff! )

[TaRawr]

normally its at like 91. right now he's laying all curled up on top of it so its at 93 degrees.