i have just bought a new thermostat for my new viv setup linked to a heat mat where do you place your thermostat directly on the mat for the most acurate temp or slightly above,i never usualy use heat mats as i prefer the infared bulbs for the smaller species of snake and with my large boas and previous albino burmese i used tubelar heaters and they worked a treat

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ok christy has advised me now never used stats on heta mats before but will place it 1 inch above the substarte and c what happens will test first

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what substrate are you using mate? ive got about 1 cm of concob on top of my mat, then the probe on top of the corncob.

using bark the exo terra stuff

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Albino Boa Wanted
LARGE TOKAY GEKOS WANTED
1.0.0 Albino Chequered Garter
0.0.1 Striped corn snake
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Pueblan Milksnake
0.1.0 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake
Marine fish Apple Head siamiese, Previous: 3 x Albino burms, Beardies,Royals,Bosc,kings,Rats etc, etc

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barks a good insulator so don't think you'll need a lot of it.
what rep you using it on? you've got to think that if you use a thick layer then if your rep digs to the mat its gonna be a lot hotter then the surface where your probe will be.