Do i REALLY need a thermostat?

[spirit975]

Originally Posted by joeyboy

ok ok ok ok i didn't do i didn't i swear it!!!( surrenders) Don't shoooot me pleeeease! I was just wondering if you got luke warm heat mats! I dnt wanna die!!

Lol, no not really. All mats tend to reach the same sort of temps, but you can run more than one mat from one stat. I have 4 mats per stat on some of my racks. As long as the stat can handle the wattage of the mats you can connect as many as you like as long as they all require the same temps.

[MrEd]

Originally Posted by joeyboy

ok ok ok ok i didn't do i didn't i swear it!!!( surrenders) Don't shoooot me pleeeease! I was just wondering if you got luke warm heat mats! I dnt wanna die!!

lol i just read a lot about people not wanting to buy things cos of the cost, yet they are necesary things that must be brought imo. lol ^^^ above is good advice

[joeyboy]

Originally Posted by spirit975

Lol, no not really. All mats tend to reach the same sort of temps, but you can run more than one mat from one stat. I have 4 mats per stat on some of my racks. As long as the stat can handle the wattage of the mats you can connect as many as you like as long as they all require the same temps.

ooo..... that's good then, i was worried i'd have to buy a £25 matstat for every mantids enclosure which for a 17yr old saving up for a new pc is hard.

Gonna get me a shiny computer with blue fans and a blue mouse and a blue keyboard.. wooo!

[spirit975]

Originally Posted by joeyboy

ooo..... that's good then, i was worried i'd have to buy a £25 matstat for every mantids enclosure which for a 17yr old saving up for a new pc is hard.

Gonna get me a shiny computer with blue fans and a blue mouse and a blue keyboard.. wooo!

Yup, on the stat it will tell you a maximum wattage limit. As long as you don`t exceed that limit they will be fine. As long as they are statted, at least you can`t cook them!

[joeyboy]

urm sorry to post this here, not sure if anyone can take this to PM's with me because i'm sooo noobie with reptile vivs but need to learn so i can get me a reptile next year. You know when you have a basking spotlamp, then say a ceramic bulb or another normal spotlamp higher up just to generally heat the viv to what you need, do you need two thermostats? I suppose with a ceramic one and a normal one you do, im not sure if a dimming stat your supposed to use with normal bulbs works on a ceramic one and i know you can't use on/off matstat kinda ones for normal bulbs, maybe ceramic ones since they dont flash on and off.

Also when your using thermostats, say i have my basking lamp plugged into it, do i put the probe of the thermostat on the rock the lizard is going to bask on, or very near it or what?

Then ALSO, since you need to turn the lights off at night you use a timer, do you plug your thermostat into the timer? If so when your thermostat is turned off by the timer, wont it lose the temperatures you've entered for it to measure( say i told mine to start dimming/turning stuff off, at 30c, wont it have to re-set every time the timer cuts the power to it?)

sorry for the long posts, i kinda can't find a " you've never kept a reptile before so here is how things in vivariums actually work"

I have a few more questions but i guess i will leave it to another time or something. Really sorry for stealing this thread, i just think people will be annoyed if i keep making threads just for two or three questions all the time, maybe someone could take it to Pms with me?

[tigger79]

good informative post, shows the facts, and proves you do need a thermostat.

[MrEd]

Originally Posted by joeyboy

urm sorry to post this here, not sure if anyone can take this to PM's with me because i'm sooo noobie with reptile vivs but need to learn so i can get me a reptile next year. You know when you have a basking spotlamp, then say a ceramic bulb or another normal spotlamp higher up just to generally heat the viv to what you need, do you need two thermostats? I suppose with a ceramic one and a normal one you do, im not sure if a dimming stat your supposed to use with normal bulbs works on a ceramic one and i know you can't use on/off matstat kinda ones for normal bulbs, maybe ceramic ones since they dont flash on and off.

Also when your using thermostats, say i have my basking lamp plugged into it, do i put the probe of the thermostat on the rock the lizard is going to bask on, or very near it or what?

Then ALSO, since you need to turn the lights off at night you use a timer, do you plug your thermostat into the timer? If so when your thermostat is turned off by the timer, wont it lose the temperatures you've entered for it to measure( say i told mine to start dimming/turning stuff off, at 30c, wont it have to re-set every time the timer cuts the power to it?)

sorry for the long posts, i kinda can't find a " you've never kept a reptile before so here is how things in vivariums actually work"

I have a few more questions but i guess i will leave it to another time or something. Really sorry for stealing this thread, i just think people will be annoyed if i keep making threads just for two or three questions all the time, maybe someone could take it to Pms with me?

You have PM

[repkid]

The same happened to me. It went up to 150F. What size was the heatmat you used?

[spikydog]

nice post ,

anybody that would use a heat mat or ceramic bulb with out a thermostat , surley does not have a brain , and has no respect for the
safety of there animal/animals
nice one

spiky

[andythemonkey]

I'm quite new to reptiles, I've had a cornsnake for 2 years in an old 3x2 fishtank that I converted into a viv, with 4 tiered levels to provide maximum options for thermoregulation. He is my first love, truely.

I read this post and pretty much crapped myself because I don't have a stat. I have a thermometer that monitors what i believe is the warmest part of the tank (right above the matt) and I never let it exceed the maximum recommended temp.

However, I work a 9-5, so I can't always be there to see the temp in the middle of the day. I feel so neglectful after reading this post. I'm going out to buy a stat today. I hope Doug (the snake) forgives me!

Thanks Reptile Forums UK