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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23/05/2009 : 16:21:52
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I use a red light bulb hooked up to a dimmer stat for heating my corn's 3ft viv, and I was just taking a look at the tempertures, and the hot end is about 30°C whilt the cold end is about 28°C, which is much of a gradient.
Does anyone else have this problem with bulbs and if so, how do you sort it so that the temperature at the cold end is cooler? |
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/05/2009 : 16:58:05
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Posted - 23/05/2009 : 17:00:08
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Hi,
i set up My viv for one of My corns last week.
I also use an infrared on a dimmer.
My temps sit at 72 cool end and 84 warm end.
is your probe for the stat directly under the heat source ?
how many vents do you have ? you could add another one
or you could drop your temps a bit. |
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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2009 : 18:17:38
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I've got two circular vents, one at either side, they were fitted with the viv when I got it.
This might be a stupid question, but if the solution is to fit more vents...how do I go about doing that? |
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Posted - 23/05/2009 : 18:48:14
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were is your heating
is it all at 1 end
i have a matt and over head heating all at the same end and on sep stats
my hot end is 87f and my cold end is 79.
well you can by viv vents on ebay
or you could drill a few holes in it.
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2009 : 19:04:11
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a pic, or diagram of your set-up including exactly where the heat source, thermometer and stat probe are would be very helpful janos  |
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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 24/05/2009 : 03:53:58
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There's another vent just behind the light bulb, and the thermostat probe and the thermometre probes are in the hides. |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 24/05/2009 : 23:42:05
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looks nice but to solve the problem ditch the bulb and get a heatmat 
well you did ask for advice!! |
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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2009 : 00:23:50
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| Aww, can't I just poke a few holes in the cold side? =P |
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Posted - 25/05/2009 : 11:33:38
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| if the vents are at the bottom i guess all the heat will be trapped since hot air rises its easy to put vents in if you have a drill etc |
1.0.0 Tom a 10 month old Flourescent orange Corn 29 inches and growing fast
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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2009 : 20:58:46
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That's the weird thing though, the vent on the other side that you can't see is actually at the top...
Hm, so if I drill a series of small holes in the back around the top of the cold side, would that help?
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/05/2009 : 21:04:47
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Your options:
More vets (in roof would be best)
Move lamp to the right
Lower bulb a few inches
If all else fails.......get a heat mat |
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Posted - 25/05/2009 : 22:18:30
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Originally posted by Janos
That's the weird thing though, the vent on the other side that you can't see is actually at the top...
Hm, so if I drill a series of small holes in the back around the top of the cold side, would that help?
I have three vents in my viv and i agree with what both GP and Matty have said.. |
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Posted - 26/05/2009 : 08:56:01
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| Just wondering does the cage around the lamp get hot? i have another viv without a cage and only two vents, both in the top though and get quite a good gradient 8 deg ish |
1.0.0 Tom a 10 month old Flourescent orange Corn 29 inches and growing fast
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Janos
Hatchling
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2009 : 20:44:38
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It gets warm, but not hot. Maybe try using a slightly lower wattage bulb if you're guard is getting hot?
Alright, thanks guys for the help =) I'm aware I was asking some really ridiculous questions.
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Posted - 27/05/2009 : 07:24:17
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put the thermostat probe out in the open under the heat source and set it up from there
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