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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Razee[/i] [br]I wonder if my heatmat is starting to go? I have a 20 Watts heatmat fixed in all my vivs. Just noticed that in Twid's the temperature on the mat seems to be 25.9 C max! Checked the digi thermometer, the battery was weak, so replaced the battery. Still only 25.8. Checked position of all probes ( stat and thermometer) all ok. Slightly changed the probe position, just in case. Still only 25.8 C. Checked temps with heatgun, at various places over the mat ( just in case there's a cool spot ) range from 23 - 25.8. Stat heating constantly ( so even the stat notices the low temperature ), temps still stuck on 25.8. I had the mat ( Komodo ) for less than 3 years, the others seem o be working fine. Typically, I fed Twid less than 2 days ago... Now I don't know if it's safe to let the mat run, if there's clearly something not quite right, or whether to disturb Twid ( and it would be a massive disturbance, I'd have to move him out of the viv ) and try to replace it.... He's getting heavier, too, so starting to wander, whether it's time to switch to bulbs, actually. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.