Question about humidity and temps

[jasonm96]

Our body temperature is a lot warmer than the mat will be you can't tell by touching it. Heat mats all get up to around the same temperature, no matter how low or high the wattage is, higher wattage heat mats just tell you that it's bigger and therefore need more electricity to power it. However, some small heat mats with higher wattage than the normal ones are designed to get hotter. Trust me, if you put a digital thermometer on that mat you'll be shocked and if not then there's something wrong with the mat itself. I wasn't suggesting that it did, it's just in case you'd think that you wouldn't need d3 in your supplements but you would as they lamps aren't UVB ones. I'm also sure those canopies weren't designed for that heat lamp but the flat long ones and no higher than 25watts. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about, I've been in your situation and had many trial and errors

[Shakudo]

Our body temperature is a lot warmer than the mat will be you can't tell by touching it. Heat mats all get up to around the same temperature, no matter how low or high the wattage is, higher wattage heat mats just tell you that it's bigger and therefore need more electricity to power it. However, some small heat mats with higher wattage than the normal ones are designed to get hotter. Trust me, if you put a digital thermometer on that mat you'll be shocked and if not then there's something wrong with the mat itself. I wasn't suggesting that it did, it's just in case you'd think that you wouldn't need d3 in your supplements but you would. I'm also sure those canopies weren't designed for that heat lamp but the flat long ones and no higher than 25watts. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about, I've been in your situation and had many trial and errors

Thanks,

I am looking for a temp gun. I heard they were the most accurate you can use.
The lamp is 25 watts, by the way. I made sure of that.

I give reptivite multi vitamin, it has everything.
I use it for everybody here.


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[jasonm96]

If it's a spot lamp the beam might melt the canopy, the ones designed for the canopy aren't spot lamps and don't direct the heat. They won't be useful in this situation as you want to measure the temperature below the substrate level, on the glass where the heat mat is attached to

[Shakudo]

If it's a spot lamp the beam might melt the canopy, the ones designed for the canopy aren't spot lamps and don't direct the heat. They won't be useful in this situation as you want to measure the temperature below the substrate level, on the glass where the heat mat is attached to

Thank you for saying that. I have been using it for almost 5 days now. I checked it to be sure. It's 25 watt for sure and I felt the plastic, it's warm but not hot. No melting luckily. I jumped at the thought though. I'll try and find another one that's not a spotlight. But I'll have to order it online they were out of them at the store when I went and bought this one.


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[Krispy]

We have quite a few exo terra hoods. They'll handle a 60w incandescent before you really have to worry about heat.

[jasonm96]

Krispy, it even says 25W on the box and it's a plastic hood, not really ideal for a heat bulb that will get extremely hot. Light domes should be used for heat lamps.

[monster]

Im not going to get into heat matt debates because I tend to bend the rules abit when it comes to size and coverage, but the one thing I can agree on is you should pick one source of heating and have it comeing from one direction. I would have to agree you don't want heat comeing from underneath him and from above. Could be a little to much for him. IMO you shouldn't have heat comeing from underneath at all, they burrow to cool down not to get warm. And even if the the matt is on one side underneath it will somewhat warm up all the substrate.

[jasonm96]

No problem, I don't wanna hear about a fire! The ones the canopies were designed for are these http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products..._heat_lamp.php

But honestly, if you're putting the heat mat on the bottom it should be just fine. I've used many 7w heat mats and I live in a cold climate. There's 3 things you need in your life, a an ET natural light probably 13 watts for your tank, a digital thermometer and a thermostat. Or you could go down the route of heating from just above but you'll need a light dome as you'll probably need at least a 50w