KEY FINDINGS
Dials are wildly inaccurate
Over the past few days, I have been doing a lot of testing on the accuracy of the highly recommended digital thermometer with probe, versus the dial stick on theremometer.
Many times unsuspecting pet owners will have a dial stick on theremometer, and believe they are getting accurate readings. Well hopefully after reading through this thread, you will understand why it is imperative to get a more accurate means of measuring temperatures.
Temperatures are just as important to a dragon as you remembering to feed it. This is why you can't be guessing what your temperatures are, which is basically what you are doing with the dial thermometers.
I am splitting this thread up into a few parts, for those who just want to see results, or want to see the data.
Anyways, table of contents: (all links lead to different parts of this thread, there are no outside links in the table of contents)
-Brandon
Dials are wildly inaccurate
- In low wattage testing inside the tank dial off 7 degrees.
In high wattage testing, Dial was 40 degrees different than probe
Dial side down on basking surface = 14 degree difference from probe.
Over the past few days, I have been doing a lot of testing on the accuracy of the highly recommended digital thermometer with probe, versus the dial stick on theremometer.
Many times unsuspecting pet owners will have a dial stick on theremometer, and believe they are getting accurate readings. Well hopefully after reading through this thread, you will understand why it is imperative to get a more accurate means of measuring temperatures.
Temperatures are just as important to a dragon as you remembering to feed it. This is why you can't be guessing what your temperatures are, which is basically what you are doing with the dial thermometers.
I am splitting this thread up into a few parts, for those who just want to see results, or want to see the data.
Anyways, table of contents: (all links lead to different parts of this thread, there are no outside links in the table of contents)
-Brandon