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Extreme Temps

patm1313

patm1313

Pyromaniac
Well, I was just cleaning out Flame's cage, and sure enough, I look at the thermometer and see that on the hot side it is 122 degrees F! I was freaked out. It's 72 degrees F on the cold side. 50 degrees of difference. I thought I was going to faint. I hope that the thermometer was just pulling my leg, but I'm still going to build a rheostat and moniter that thing like a hawk.

Any tips for lowering the temp for a while? I will go out and get the supplies for the rheostat very soon, but have to keep the temp down for a bit. I have the UTH turned off right now.

I feel like such a bad owner... :(
 
Hey Pat. If you're uth is stuck to viv bottom, make sure there's plenty of substrate over it (at least 4 inches, I'd say). If the uth isn't adhered to the viv bottom, you could use something as a spacer to increase airflow between the uth and the viv bottom. Still, I'd get that rheostat going asap (or better yet, a decent thermostat).

Don Soderberg's word is gospel to me, and I've seen him write that he's never heard of a corn that got burned or overheated as long as there was a cooler area for them to move to. Since your cool side is 72*, the snake probably wasn't in real danger. Good luck. :)
 
Roy Munson said:
Hey Pat. If you're uth is stuck to viv bottom, make sure there's plenty of substrate over it (at least 4 inches, I'd say). If the uth isn't adhered to the viv bottom, you could use something as a spacer to increase airflow between the uth and the viv bottom. Still, I'd get that rheostat going asap (or better yet, a decent thermostat).

Don Soderberg's word is gospel to me, and I've seen him write that he's never heard of a corn that got burned or overheated as long as there was a cooler area for them to move to. Since your cool side is 72*, the snake probably wasn't in real danger. Good luck. :)
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Thanks. Actually, I'm sitting in a mess of wires and dimmers and sockets from my trip to Home Depot a few minutes ago :).

Now I'm trying to figure out how to read these fancy smancy electrical diagrams..... :shrugs:
 
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