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| reptiledanny |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 18:15:17
wat is the range for the temperature in the hot end. i have the thermostat set up know but the temperature keeps moving. it will get to 29 then drop down to as low as 25. is this ok. wat can i do to stop it moving around so much. the thermostat i am using is the cobrastat but at the moment if i can afford it i might buy a new habistat pp. help |
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| Kellog |
Posted - 05/01/2010 : 03:21:18
quote:
Originally posted by eeji
don't worry about the cold side, unless you live in a barn and have to scrape the ice off your underpants in the mornings
Dont get my OH started on this...he will tell stories about having to scrape the ice off the inside of his bedroom windows and breaking the ice inside the toilet bowl in the mornings before school! 
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| LittleMick |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 23:57:06
quote:
Originally posted by eeji
its fine how you have it, 25-29
don't worry about the cold side, unless you live in a barn and have to scrape the ice off your underpants in the mornings
Ummm, yeah I had to do that this morning before work, Brrrrrrr!!!
RD, I have a Komodo stat like yours, there is no indication on the screw dial, so just move it till one end reaches max and that is your arrow, best you can do really.As Eeji said, cool end doesn't really matter, but a comfy cool end temp would be 21-23c |
| Lilpunk |
Posted - 04/01/2010 : 07:49:34
Back to what you said about needing a screwdriver to change the gauge. I have a stat like that as well and if you look very closely in the middle of the bit you move to change it, there is a tiny little arrow. Don't know if that is of any help to you, probably not, but it's worth knowing anyway. |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:59:08
quote:
Originally posted by eeji
its fine how you have it, 25-29
i now have got it to 28-31, perfect, will see how long that lasts
quote:
don't worry about the cold side, unless you live in a barn and have to scrape the ice off your underpants in the mornings
haha, lol
thanks for all your help, just been trying my hardest to get everything correct this time. |
| eeji |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:04:31
its fine how you have it, 25-29
don't worry about the cold side, unless you live in a barn and have to scrape the ice off your underpants in the mornings |
| Chimp276 |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 19:44:20
Erm hot should be between 27 and 31 |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 18:38:27
ye i now the cold end shouldn't be colder than 20, but wat should the hot ender be, coldest and hottest, 25-32? |
| Chimp276 |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 17:01:14
Cold end shouldnt really fall much below 20! |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 16:11:22
bump |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 15:07:10
so wat is the temp range that can b ok. 25-32. wat about cool end. need to measure that once i have the hot end set up. |
| eeji |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 01:14:27
go off the 'Max' reading as recorded on your thermometer (reset it a few hours before you take the reading) then adjust your stat as needed.
25-29 is fine imo |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 18:38:58
thats wat im doing, if it's not enough heat on top i just turn the stat up watever it is sayin. |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 18:37:38
Ignore what the stat is set to, go by the thermometer. |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 18:24:42
but ive got it set to about 33. the stat probe is under the mat outside the viv. i only have about 1.5cm of substrate on the hot end. hot can i bring the temps up. the stat is so confusing. becuz its a cobrastat the temp mover thing is a screwdriver one so it doesn't have an arrow were to put it. will have to play round with it more. |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 18:18:06
so your temps are 2*C either side of 27*C.............its perfectly normal for an on/off type stat and perfectly well tolerated with corns but i'd turn it up a little higher so 29*C is in the middle and it will cut out at 31*C and kick in at 27*C |
