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Thermostat probe
- Thread starter Lewis25
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So Pirate55
New member
I put mine on the glass in the center of the heatmat.
TheFrogman
Im just old
There ya go !
Yes, under the substrate. You want to know the hottest temperature your snakes might get to.
TyeW
New Breeder
I place mine right on the heat source. However, I do the monitoring at the level of where the snake will be. i.e. You adjust the thermostat based on your temp gun/quality digital thermometer reading at the snakes level, but the thermostat controls the heat directly because the probe is right on the element. It takes a bit more playing with it but I find it provides more accurate control.
NH93
New member
You can also get a second probed thermometer. So you can have the probe for the thermostat outside the tank, in between the UTH and glass (in the middle - always in the middle). Or, have it inside directly on the glass.
Then, if you use a thick layer or type of substrate, you can get the thermometer probe and place it on the top of the substrate or where you think the snake will mostly be. It just gives you that little bit of extra confidence in knowing the temperature.
Then, if you use a thick layer or type of substrate, you can get the thermometer probe and place it on the top of the substrate or where you think the snake will mostly be. It just gives you that little bit of extra confidence in knowing the temperature.
Nythain
New member
I go against the grain and monitor/control air temp *in* the warm side hide. But I don't currently have a burrower. For younger corns I definitely recommend controlling temp on the inside right on the glass positioned in the middle of the UTH. They will almost always end up burrowing around for one reason or another, and the last thing you want is neurological damage from exposure to high heat.
So Pirate55
New member
I would also put another thermometer beside the tstat probe so that you have two readings to go by in the even that the tstat fails. My snake likes to burrow and was knocking her tstat probe loose. My suction cups are useless. A little hot glue and I was back in business.