Herpstat help!!!

[SGExotics]

Hi,

Well it depends on the type of rack (open or closed ) I think - on mine the probe is taped to the heat tape behind the tub rather than between them.

My thermostat is set to approx (crummy dial type ) 90f which gives an open hot end of 87.6f and 91.9f inside the hides.

Now with a decent digital you will actually probably see you have to set it above the temp to hold it steady - the fact I only have a dial means it is not accurate enough to know what it actually thinks it is set to.

Some people do not use hides in a rack system but my tubs are a little on the big side and the snakes use them if provided so I have just decided to leave them in there. They hold heat in a little so I had to re-adjust everything to take that into account when I put them in.

Remember to give everything at least 30 minutes to an hour to stabilise when you make any changes though.

And I really can't stress how much easier this is with a temp gun - wish I had bought one years ago.


dr del

Yea, im actually testing it on a replica of what the tubs are going to be like when i build my rack... I'll let it stabalize fore around a day....

[SGExotics]

Hi,

Well it depends on the type of rack (open or closed ) I think - on mine the probe is taped to the heat tape behind the tub rather than between them.

My thermostat is set to approx (crummy dial type ) 90f which gives an open hot end of 87.6f and 91.9f inside the hides.

Now with a decent digital you will actually probably see you have to set it above the temp to hold it steady - the fact I only have a dial means it is not accurate enough to know what it actually thinks it is set to.

Some people do not use hides in a rack system but my tubs are a little on the big side and the snakes use them if provided so I have just decided to leave them in there. They hold heat in a little so I had to re-adjust everything to take that into account when I put them in.

Remember to give everything at least 30 minutes to an hour to stabilise when you make any changes though.

And I really can't stress how much easier this is with a temp gun - wish I had bought one years ago.


dr del

Another question Dr.del,
I checked to see if the thermometer is directly over the hot spot, and it is.... Is it normal, or sound normal, that the thermostat has to be set for 130 deg for the actual enclosure to reach 90 deg???

[LGL]

Here's my set-up:

I have a rack system made out of 3/4 inch white melamine that holds 28qt Sterilite tubs. I'm using 3" Flex Watt Heat Tape to heat the tubs. I'm using an Herpstat ND. I have the Herpstat's probe taped (with foil tape) directly to the heat tape. I have my Herpstat set to 95 degrees. It says that the current temperature of the heat tape is 94.2 degrees (my temp gun says that it is actually 97 degrees). On the warm side of my 28qt tubs, my temp gun says that it is 92.2 degrees.

Based on the results that I am getting over here, I think it is possible for the heat tape to be around 100 degrees to heat the warm side to 92-94 degrees, but I think 130 is probably a little too high. I have my probe taped right to the heat tape, that way I know that the heat tape should never go above a set degree. If my temperature is always below 98 degrees for example, I know that the inside of my cages should never get warmer than around 94 degrees.

What substrate do you use, and how thick is it?

[SGExotics]

Here's my set-up:

I have a rack system made out of 3/4 inch white melamine that holds 28qt Sterilite tubs. I'm using 3" Flex Watt Heat Tape to heat the tubs. I'm using an Herpstat ND. I have the Herpstat's probe taped (with foil tape) directly to the heat tape. I have my Herpstat set to 95 degrees. It says that the current temperature of the heat tape is 94.2 degrees (my temp gun says that it is actually 97 degrees). On the warm side of my 28qt tubs, my temp gun says that it is 92.2 degrees.

Based on the results that I am getting over here, I think it is possible for the heat tape to be around 100 degrees to heat the warm side to 92-94 degrees, but I think 130 is probably a little too high. I have my probe taped right to the heat tape, that way I know that the heat tape should never go above a set degree. If my temperature is always below 98 degrees for example, I know that the inside of my cages should never get warmer than around 94 degrees.

What substrate do you use, and how thick is it?

im using a single sheet of unprinted newsprint (unprinted newspaper) what power mode do you have yours set on? i had mine set on auto, but just changed it to norm... I really need to get a temp gun, im using a regular digital thermometer... But im just going to set it to 110 deg and see the outcome, so far its dropped to 87.6 since i changed the thermostat to 110 and its still getting lower...