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ok on the herpstat pro question
i have the temp set to 90 day and 87 night for 2 of my thigns i have hooked into it tho it never reaches the temp it should be i even tried the whole changing power output thing like it says in the book it is always eitehr 89.6 or 89.8 day and 86.6 or 86.7 night however my baby boaphile i have hooked up to it stays at the temp it is set at day and night no problem to the exact im confuzzlededed help me lol

also for any1 who reads this my girl rainbow has been in shed a real long time almost like a double shed any1 had this before? she went blue came out then went DEEP blue and is still blue been some time now any opinions on this one?

UGh, lost the long reply......

What percent are you seeing on those two outputs? Could it be maxed out?

I've seen that deep shed once before but don't remember when it was, never figured out why but the snake was OK afterwards.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

they run between 30-50% no matter what power output is set to and probe is taped in place to the heat tape in the center of the flexwatt since thats where whenever i do test runs it seems to be the hottest

Sounds like more of a heat element apploication issue than a t-stat problem. Have you tried switching channels around? Swapping those two not quite getting to temp channels woith the other two that appear to be working fine? Sounds like the temps you are seeing are close to set point and I know from experience the controller is designed to ramp down power so it does not blow past setting.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

ill try swapping around channels this weekend to busy to do anythign right now and its clsoe enough where im not worried just currious and as far as it being the flexwatt being the issue the temp hit perfect when i was running either the ranco or the helix i love the temp gun lol ill let you know monday on how thigns are going with it that way it gives me time to swap everythign and to let everythign regulate

Probably did run fine with Helix and Ranco, both are much less precise than herpstat, 1 degree increments vs 0.1 degree....
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

shhhhhhh lol yeah you got a point i guess i never thoguht about it running .0 whatever lower instead of .0whateevr higher like the others probly did tho i must say im really liking all the features of the herp pro and the fact if it basically 4 in 1 thermostats with night drop

I'm already sold on them. I already have four with plans for more eventually. Don't get me wrong, I also like the helix units, just for different applications. I think the helix units work great for hatchling and growout racks where you want constant temps and may have various stacks needing different stats to operate them. The herpstat pro really shines in a stack where you want different temperature zones. Most of my stuff is on wheels and gets moved from time to time so would not be good to have cords going from a central stat to three other racks.

>>shhhhhhh lol yeah you got a point i guess i never thoguht about it running .0 whatever lower instead of .0whateevr higher like the others probly did tho i must say im really liking all the features of the herp pro and the fact if it basically 4 in 1 thermostats with night drop
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

i like helix for incubator works great just a base helix no night drop anythign and also for misc only have a small rack or 3 small racks type thing i try to move thigns around as little as possible specialy since i have no where to go with it lol but more herp pros are in my future lol specialy having multi species i can have whom ever next to whomever and run off one unit each stack species specific

I actually designed all my racks to be totally configurable. each level has it's own strip of heat tape and cord. That way I can have multi species in one rack, just better to run hotter higher up in the rack and cooler down low to take advantage of heat rising.

My CB110 racks each have a herpstat pro running them, currenty configured as (from the top)

tubs 1 and 2 - channel 1
tubs 3,4 and 5 - channel 2
tubs 6,7 and 8 - channel 3
tubs 9 and 10 channel 4

the top two and bottom two are currently unoccupied so they have their channels effectively shut off - set treally low
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

i see i see sneaky lol well off to shovel yet more snow since the lovly wind likes to make drifts ugg lol

Tim set your hot spot at 88 instead of 90 cuz if there was an optimal temperature, that would be it. BTW Dave what are your hot spots?

well the hot spot temps and those temsp are for my balls boas and carpets not the rainbows and the probe is on the heat tape itself and once it comes thru the paper plastic and makes it into cage it isnt 90 any more i have the rainbows well the one baby rainbow on her own heat with her own heat setting the adults are cut off heat for now

I pretty much set the stats around 80 and they do fine. The probe point is at ground level and it is warmer higher up oin the cage and they do climb up on top of bowl from time to time to soak up more heat.

Am working on lowering temps for cooling now, one or two more small drops and then coast for a month or so before raising them back up.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave 80 isn't the hot spot of your bci really??? you thought I meant rainbows I'm sorry I got wordy again Tim what you run in your bci hot spots???

the temps pending on time of year for bci run about 70-75 cold end 80-85 warm end and 90 under the cat litter hide box lol nothign special added tot he mix to give them a hot spot just the heat tape under the part of the cage. sorry if i misunderstood you again i just got back in from 20 degrees of cold winter crap and shovling all the 1-2 foot drifts

I forgot about your balls and young carpets but thought they would need lower temps being a little younger since they are prolly in small boxes in a rack so I then narrowed it down to you talking about bci temps but ain't no biggie. You don't want to lower it to 88 for mehahahaha now go shovel some sh-t I mean snow
Bob

yeah i got em all lol and the baby rack is set to a slight lower temp i got all the other smaller ones in 15 quarts with 3 inch heat and temps work out fine balls love the hot and carpets if they dont like it they climb ontop of hide or go to other end but they like the higher temp also the bcis i have to watch a lil closer they like it slight cooler i usualy toss a extra piece of paper in the cage for them

Musta misread that one, the BCI's have a range from high 70 to almost 90. The two gravid girls want to stay pon the hot end, all the rest are gravitating towards the cooler end.

>>Dave 80 isn't the hot spot of your bci really??? you thought I meant rainbows I'm sorry I got wordy again Tim what you run in your bci hot spots???
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

here is the link to a post I did about the "head stripe"

and I tried to make the title seem catchy for you but one day you have to get a bci/bcc but first obviously a rainbow

The Gateway Drug

Thanks Bob. I hope to get another BC one day. I'm interested in the smaller species (Tarahumara or Sonoran, or maybe Hog Island).
Before I got my Indigo, the choice was between one of those and a RB. Speaking of my Indigo, I was holding him while watching that Orangutan Island show tonight. I'm not kidding, but he just sat on my lap and watched the show. Maybe it was just the bright light of the TV that captured his attention, but it was quite funny to see him with his head raised, attentively staring at the boob tube for so long.

Thanks,
Ed

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