can i use my lamps to heat the tank for 5 days? got an emergancy issue

ie i ran out of spare cash and if i buy this thermostat i'm going to be left with $23.00 for the whole week for gas (if i dont i'll be fine i get paid not this week but the next monday)


Got a little excited and went " a little" overboard LOL but hey im a college kid and i live from pay check to pay check anyways



lights are as follows: "heat glo infrared Heat Lamp 100W" made by EXO TERRA

All Living Things 3500 hour Basking bulb 150 wattt


I have a flunkers clamp lamp with an on/off switch and a repti temp rheostat

for the basking bulb

then i have a delux arizona HOT lamp with adjutable heath and light output


please advise as i'm in the dog house with my lady. Really i just goofed and spent just a tad more than I thought I was going to. I feel pretty dumb and i'm sure i look it. please advise on the lights for heating for 5 days..

To be honest with you, with the low cash flow I would go with the 'KISS theory" with you set up. One plain light, an UTH, a rheostat, a thermometer with a probe, home made hides and a water bowel.
Here is a links to make your own rheostat.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19168
Cover the basic first. Then start exploring.

i was trying to kiss it with just the lights.. will it work or am i screwed that way?

You should be fine until you get an UTH but I was reading you other posts and one stated...........

"what im trying to do is simulate higher temps during a normal day ie noon ect
my tank with every thing on is 85 like said above with it all on.."

And it seem to me that you should have your basic's down first before exploring that all. KISS.

yeah i think i got ahead of my self i'm ex army pretty confident guy LOL maybe a little too... uke01:

Did I misunderstand from your other post? I thought you said you had a UTH and once you put the prob under the substrate on the uth the temp got to about 118? All you need is the UTH with the rheostat. Once you get the temp regulated you won't need any of the lights. Corn snakes don't need extra lighting for thier health. If you want a light so you can see your snake better, I'd go with a very low watt bulb that won't put out much heat at all. But that's just my opinion. Good luck in whatever you decide.

I agree with snakemom, put the rheostat on the UTH and get the UTH temp on glass to 85.

What kind of thermostat are you getting?

He currently has a Zoo med rheostat if I am correct from reading his other thread.

i tryed the uth and the retro and it got up to 88 degree's it also was thinking about climbing the lights even went up to 88 also with just the light on all day.


i guess if he needed to be cooler he could move to the cool side though right???

Unfortunately the ZooMed Rheostat, as others have reported, is not a very good rheostat. It doesn't dial down to get the temps low enough.

I've had luck with the WalMart lamp dimmer for $9 as well as the home made one described in the thread here on the site. Both work quite well for regulating a UTH for corn snakes. Of course a thermostat is always better.

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