AcuRite?

[BreezyBeardie]

Hello everybody! So I have learned that a lot of you like the AcuRite Humidity and Temperature control monitor for inside of your tanks.

Is this the correct one? http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...talogId=10053&productId=202260980&R=202260980

For only $10, I think I will get one for each side of the tank...

Let me know!
-Brianna

 

[ChiefsDaddy]

This is the one
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acu-Rite-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/896347

And you only need 1 per cage

You want it to have the probe, so you can measure the basking spot, and not just ambient temps.

 

[scm133]

Looks good to me. Would be good for checking ambient temps!

 

[BreezyBeardie]

This is the one
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acu-Rite-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/896347

And you only need 1 per cage

You want it to have the probe, so you can measure the basking spot, and not just ambient temps.

Oh okay so this one will be able to measure the hot and cool side of the tank simultaneously? I just want to know both temperatures.

 

[Claudiusx]

Correct.

-Brandon

 

[diamc]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acu-Rite-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/896347 Those are great thermometers. What you do is place the probe end right on the basking log or rock, make sure the probe is actually touching it and laying flat. Then you place the thermometer part way over on the bottom of the cool side, you wait about 45 min to an hr for the temps to stop rising, then the "out" reading will be for the basking temp and the "in" reading for the cool side. Let us know how you make out.

 

[BreezyBeardie]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acu-Rite-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/896347 Those are great thermometers. What you do is place the probe end right on the basking log or rock, make sure the probe is actually touching it and laying flat. Then you place the thermometer part way over on the bottom of the cool side, you wait about 45 min to an hr for the temps to stop rising, then the "out" reading will be for the basking temp and the "in" reading for the cool side. Let us know how you make out.

Great I will let you know the results tomorrow! Also, I'm sure I will figure this out when I get it, but does the probe stick to the basking log or does it just sit there? And do I place the thermometer just on the floor?

 

[diamc]

The probe has a piece of paper on the bottom that you can peel off although it isn't very sticky. It may stay in place or you may been to use a piece of scotch tape to put on the wire near the probe but not on the probe itself.

Yes, you place the thermometer part on the floor over the tank, way over on the cool side.

 

[BreezyBeardie]

The probe has a piece of paper on the bottom that you can peel off although it isn't very sticky. It may stay in place or you may been to use a piece of scotch tape to put on the wire near the probe but not on the probe itself.

Yes, you place the thermometer part on the floor over the tank, way over on the cool side.

Awesome thanks so much for your help!

 

[diamc]

How did you make out with the temps?

 

[BreezyBeardie]

How did you make out with the temps?

Actually pretty well. The thermometer is great! It's really hot in my room though right now so the temps are a bit higher. But he will be sleeping soon.

Thanks for asking!

 

[diamc]

good, what were the final temps on each side?

 

[BreezyBeardie]

On the basking site they were around 105-108 and then on the cool side around 84-85. Then when my father turned the AC off in the house (which is tends to do, it is a cool night here tonight), the temps shot up because the terrarium is upstairs in my room so it's always warmer up here. The temps reached 111 I think on the basking side? And in the 90's on the cool side. He always sits on the warm side though so he is always getting the heat. But once those temps hit the highs, it was bed time anyway. So he is sound asleep at 85 degrees right now.

How's that sounding?