heat mat help

[TommyBurt]

is there any way to put a heat mat in a wooden viv (the wooden vivs with sliding glass doors i was thinking of putting a layer of carboard the exact size of the viv and putting the heat mat under this with substrate on top of the carboard or will that not work

[Graham]

I put my mats under a piece of thin roofing slate, glue a couple of strips of wood to the underside of the slate to create a gap in which the mat sits, and put the stat probe underneath so it's between the mat and the slate.

I don't put any substrate on top, you have to be careful doing this as mats can overheat if you put too much insulating substrate on top. I also use Lucky Reptile Thermo Pro mats which have a thermal cutout to stop them overheating.

[stevereader12345]

i use a thermostat and put thin substrate on top along with the probe!