Using more than one heart source for multiple enclosures - Thermostats

[KORBIN5895]

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the hear source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

As for your example of a rack system that is basically how it works. I dint place my probe on the heat tape though as that is not where my animals are .

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the heat source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

This is the most common sense I have read all night.

This is a perfect point, why shortcuts never work. If the "master" heater (the one measured by the thermostat) were to sway either way, the other two follow, laws of physics cannot be broken.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by infernalis

This is the most common sense I have read all night.

This is a perfect point, why shortcuts never work. If the "master" heater (the one measured by the thermostat) were to sway either way, the other two follow, laws of physics cannot be broken.

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the hear source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

As for your example of a rack system that is basically how it works. I dint place my probe on the heat tape though as that is not where my animals are .

I agree. I'll use one probe per heat source.

When using racks/tubs do you still place the probe inside the tub under the warm hide? What do you think of the "popular" way of placing the probe on the heat tape, and seeing what temperature you have to set it to in order to get desired temps on the hotspot? For example setting a thermostat with the probe taped directly to the heat tape to 93F to get a 90F hotspot inside a tub.