lol thats exactly what i have done and the rectangular ones are still reading higher i doubt thered be 1=5 degress difference a millimetre or two apart ? hence my assumption they were faulty
im upgrqading the mats anyway as the snakes require bigger mats but i noticed after my first swap that once i swapped to the ultratherm mats there was next to no drop really at all as opposed to using the smaller 6x11 mats which varied a few degrees when powered off by the stat (which i know is normal using on/off stats) but i figured minimal flucntuation surely has to be better for the snake
if they are reading higher but well within 1 degree it should be fine
if the difference is more, get rid of the rectangular ones
perhaps the ulratherm mats keep their heat more easily than other brands, but to be fair fluctation isn't going to do any harm, because think ofit in wild terms, they wouldn't have a heat mat etc
but if it is a concern then use the mat you suggsted with minimal,
you can also by pulse thermostats, which also helps maintain the temp better than that of an on/off mat stat
Centric you posted links to two different thermometers. One being the rectangular ones and one being the oval shaped ones. Eeji posted a link to the oval shaped ones. I am pretty sure that Paul said it was the rectangular ones that were giving him the problems not the ones that Eeji posted and that you also gave a link for. Therefore the confusion is yours not Paulies.
(Does that even make sense cos even I am getting confused now lol)
I am talking about my ORIGINAL ebay link which are the same as eeji's from his web link
I got confused because paulie spoke about them not working correctly but didn't specify which ones
I tried elaborating using palie's link as well
hence the confusion got worse,
anyway, at least we have established that it is the rectangular ones that are the issue at the moment and NOT the ones in my original ebay link or the ones in eeji link lol
Thermometer probes
Posted - 29/01/2012 : 20:06:26
