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Question about temperatures

isaac124

isaac124

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i have a rheostat, and thermometers set up inside my viv that give me temperature on the cool side, and inside my cornsnakes warm hide

i have got a range set up on my homemade rheostat, and i just can't seem to fine tune it enough to get exactly 80-85 degrees

i think it has more to do with fluxuating outside temperatures then it does with my rheostat or UTH,

when i think i've got it perfect at 85 degrees, later at night it will rise up to 90 and then i'll turn my rheostat down a little bit, and a little bit more.. till i'm back to where i started at 85 degrees,

my question is since i don't want to mess around with some sort of thermostat divice is, would it be better if i kept it lower so that the temperature only "tops out" at 85? and hangs around 75-80 a lot of the time?

or would it be better if it is 80-85 and topping out at 90..
 
the viv is indoors, in my room closet, out of draft's way.. i just think that our house naturally fluxuates a bit on my upstairs which is away from the houses thermostat..
 
There's nothing you can do other than adjust it often. That's how a rheostat works. You can solve the problem with a thermostat for about $30 shipped.
 
I had the same problem with my rheostat (homemade) and bought the reptitemp r500 on Ebay for 13.00+7.00 SH which was way cheaper than getting it at a pet store and that works great
 
I got a reptitemp r500 for $19.98 on clearance from the regular $39.99 at Petco last week. You might see if your local store is also dumping their stock.
 
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