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    I personally found the heating mats to be almost useless for meaningful amounts of heating. I use a ceramic heat emitter connected to a thermostat to regulate it and it makes heating a breeze.

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    Default Re: Pac man newbie Heating question

    Quote Originally Posted by sqrrlgrl View Post
    I personally found the heating mats to be almost useless for meaningful amounts of heating. I use a ceramic heat emitter connected to a thermostat to regulate it and it makes heating a breeze.

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    Heat mats can heat a substrate up to 100F (so have to be thermostat controlled and some brands may vary in heat output) but a deep substrate will insulate the heat but the surface temperature is not important for a burrowing frog, which spends its time in the substrate. Also, analogue thermometers that stick on the side of the tank do not measure the heat properly as the heat is not radiant but conductive, so the thermometer needs to be directly on the mat for a proper reading.

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