Quote Originally Posted by janeothejungle View Post
Just caught on to this thread. Alright, so I have a very similar setup. I use pieces of the silver insulating blankets used on water heaters between the cages and a lower 'stat setting and don't have any issues. What is your 'stat set at?? If they are all being double heated in the same way (top and bottom) then adjusting your t'stat should balance it back out. Also, are your rhp's on the stat and your lights on a regular strip?? And lastly, what are you keeping in these and what are your cage and ambient room temps?

~Kat
The silver insulating blankets... reflectix maybe? I got three layers + 2" of styrofoam...

In the bottom cage, I have the RHP on the right side and the fluorescent light on left side. In that cage, there's a JCP with the stat set for a 90F hot spot and like 80-82F during the day (no heat at night). The light is uncontrolled.

The top cage, which is divided, has a heat panel in the back on each side. Thus, the hot side is the back of the cage. The light of the bottom cage is actually heating the FRONT of the top cage, so there's less of a gradient. There's a ball python in this cage btw. If the fluorescent light in the bottom cage was in the back, I would have radiant heat and belly heat from the light, but unfortunately I don't.

Room temperature is low to mid 70's during the day, <70 at night (during winter only, 75F during summer).

However, I see a decrease in heat transfer now I also added some more substrate so I THINK the problem might be solved... I'll see how it goes.