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avtdocz
at Sun Apr 6 14:55:16 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by avtdocz ]
The saying you get what you pay for holds true with these types of lower end on/off thermo's... proportional is the way to go, ( I use Helix, but there are plenty out there on the market that can do just as well )
The sudden on and off of the bulb can wear down the filament faster in the bulb... solutions? Get a proportional... or... buy a ceramic emitter ( no filament to burn out, just a coil )... and just use a red light for night time viewing plugged into a night time only timer...
OK... as for your probe placement... I place my probes about a half inch or so into the substrate... the weight of the animal packs down the substrate nicely, and keeps the probe in place... Now it would sound like you're using over head heat so you might want to try placing the probe on top of the snakes hide... or maybe the roof of the hide (FYI I'm using a UTH supplemented by a small over head lamp for ambient air temps. Both are plugged into the same thermostat, works great, mimics natural heating a little better than just using over head or just using UTH's)
Hope this helps... I expect Jeremy and Chris to add anything I might have missed...
Karl
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RE: thermometer and thermostat probes - avtdocz, Sun Apr 6 14:55:16 2008