reostat

[chad27]

hello all just quick question about my reostat. I plugged it in to the heat pad and have it turned all the way down and my temp is still 92.9 Could this be a bad reostat? also i have the probe under the aspen on top of the glass

[bkelm18]

It's possible the rheostat doesn't actually go "all the way down". Either way, if you're still in the 90s with it turned all the way down, I'd get a different rheostat or a thermostat.

[Lennycorn]

Yep, that too hot and it's sounds like it's broken.

You can make you own you know....

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19168

[CassieK]

I went through three reostats thinking they were bad. They just dont seem to be able to keep the temps that low. I would suggest getting a thermostate

[gworfish]

I had a similar issue just yesterday, and fixed it with a change in heating pad. Started out with a ZooMed ReptiTherm UTH plugged into a ZooMed ReptiTemp rheostat. On the lowest setting it was definitely hotter than I wanted. On our other tanks we used the ExoTerra HeatWave "Rainforest" UTH (which is cooler than their "Desert" model). Now on the lowest setting it is perfect.

Ian.

[chad27]

Great i will look into this. I have to do something fast before he gets here