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Herpstat & Thermometers?

Kalista

Kalista

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I've pretty much decided to get a Herpstat.

Just in case the DH (dear/damned husband) groans about the cost I am getting together a cost list of what the herp will cost vs a on/off thermo and rheo combo. Of course, I'll let him know the differences in how the two work (that's the main selling point!)

So my question is this - I had originally planned on using a dual probe thermometer just to monitor the temps on each side of the viv. Do you think that would be a good idea to do that even with the herp? I can't really think of a reason why not, but wanted to check since I'm a complete newbie to corn care.
 
It's nice to be able to look at both the warm temp and the cool temp. AND if you get another snake, you can keep it in an identical-sized viv with an identical UTH, and run them both off the same thermostat, and then use one probe for each viv, in the warm spot. Or is that not a selling point?? You'll like the Herpstat. I have eight, I think. One basic and the rest night drops. (Not that I use the ND function, but I like the temp alarms!!)
 
That's kind of what I figured Nanci. I like the idea of being able to read both sides to keep an eye on the temps. I had not thought about the ND having temp alarms - may I ask how those work? How often have they set off for you? I am wondering if that's really going to be necessary, although it certainly sounds like a good idea.
 
Well, IF you're home, and you have a thermostat failure and your UTH (or more likely, and much worse, heat cable/FlexWatt in a rack) goes way over your set temp, you'll hear it. Likewise, and much more likely, if you have a UTH failure and it stops heating all together, you'll find out within hours, and for sure when you get hom, if you're not home when it happens. Probably you can go your whole life without a failure, but remember the Gator Land fire? That was caused by some sort of heating malfunction.

I've heard mine go off when my AC for the house was broken. I bought a portable AC unit in case that happens again. (Plus the gecko needs it cooler, so she has it piped into her viv).
 
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