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I'm familiar with Chip's method of heating. Speaking of unregulated heating, I think it is dependent on having big enough enclosures for the snakes to move away from the heat. I'm pretty sure a shoebox sized hatchling bin isn't big enough, and I have my doubts that a 66 quart adult bin is. And in fact we have seen time and again the deaths that occur when a rack thermostat fails. Aside from that, it is not energy efficient to have a heating device running full blast 24 hours a day. Now I think it would be beneficial to offer cornsnakes, especially younger ones, a hot spot of about 90F IF it didn't heat the cool end of the enclosure up above 80. Actually, they probably have a much wider range of temperature acceptance than we typically provide for them. It is quite surely more important for reptiles to have enough heat- cold is very stressful for reptiles.
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