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junglehabitats
at Wed Sep 29 10:05:28 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by junglehabitats ]
Ok first what are you housing the snakes in a cage or a rack ?
Now a few things i need to know on this is :
A- if its a rack is the heat back heat or belly heat ?
B- If its a cage what type cage is it& materials IE: plastic , wood and how thick
Now if you have this on a rack an is used as back heat the temps being higher on the tape itself shouldnt be to much of a concern IMHO due to back heat and tubs, the tubs have about a 1" standoff from the actual heat source itself.so that would be about accurate on the sensor reading.
If its belly heat yes its to hot and you need to do a few things to fix it .
I always recommend the use of a dimmer on flexwatt to "dial in the wattage supplied to the heat tape itself."By using a dimmer on the heat tape you can control the wattage and there fore the heat that it puts out . if you are using a pulse proportional thermostat the dimmer isnt going to operate properly with it.
give a little more information like what use it is cage , rack etc and what size tubs and how they are set up will all have a effect on how the heat is going to function and function properly.
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Calm down and breath deep ..... lol - junglehabitats, Wed Sep 29 10:05:28 2004