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Uth

xavusangel

xavusangel

Corn Snake Friendly
Hello,

I use a Heat Lamp for my 10 gallon corn snake cage...i wanted to use a UTH because its not staying warm enough for my corn snake...can you please recomment a UTH...and where does it go?? Does it go inside or on the outside....thanks so much

Victoria
 
There's a few different brands that you can use, and most are okay. These go outside the viv, either directly on the bottom of the tank, or mounted to a ceramic tile, directly under the bottom of the tank. Remember, only get one that covers half of the viv, so there's a warm side, and a cool side. Also, if you don't get the correct tempuratures with it out of the box, you can by a rheostat to get the temps right, or even a dimmer for a lamp will work.
 
2i2_D3gr33s said:
you don't get the correct tempuratures with it out of the box, you can by a rheostat to get the temps right, or even a dimmer for a lamp will work.
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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! My UTH's get to about 110 with in 1/2 an hour.
 
Sorry...what do you mean by this
"you don't get the correct tempuratures with it out of the box, you can by a rheostat to get the temps right, or even a dimmer for a lamp will work."
 
It controls the amount of power going into the UTH .... thus adjusting the temperature it gets to accordingly.

A rheostat only allows you to control the power supply ... it doesn't take the temperature for you, you need to do that manually and then make the necessary adjustments. A thermostat is the same thing but with temperature control built in as well. (ie. you set it to 85, it'll heat the mat to 85 and keep it there or thereabouts) Obviously, the thermostat is the more expensive of the two.
 
It means out of the box, like opening it up & taking it out & being perfect (which doesn't happen).


We found on this site how to make a retrostat. Basically it's a dimmer switch that's hooked up to our UTH so it won't get so hot :D
 
Ron meant that if you just take it out of the packaging and turn it on, it will probably get way hotter in the viv than you want it, so a rheo/thermostat is good for controlling these temps.
I'm getting my thermostat very soon so I can relax, the temperature fluctuates a lot and I'm always having to check it out and adding and removing layers of towel between mat and viv (plastic).
 
Dammit Colinmcc and Preita I did NOT see you reply first! Always beaten to it :p Apparently it took me 30 mins to write that LOL
 
You will probably still need a rheostat. I have one of the smallest UTH & it will still get up to over 100* if I didn't have a control.
 
After a few months of playing I have found a good mix that works for ME.
I use a UTH and Overhead bulb. They are hooked to a Zoomed thermostat with a probe that sits beside the thermometer probe.
I also switched substrate to aspen. I find it allows the heat from the UTH to travel to the top of the substrate better then the bark I had before. When using bark it meant that the glass above the UTH was rising as high as 100 degrees in order to keep the top of the substrate at 85.
I live in the north and in a drafty apartment that changes temp regularly. I found this works the best for me.
It may take some playing to find what works for you.
 
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