Byron Todd
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- May 31, 2017
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Hi All,
I have a thermostat that has a thermocouple connected by wire. Currently, I place this thermocouple below the light attatched to the wall.
However, this placement seems to measure the temperature innaccurately. For example the thermostat will measure 95 degrees where directly under the light is 120 degrees. How do y’all deal with this? Do you just decrease the setting on the thermostat do cut off heat at 70 degrees to compensate for the 25 degree difference? Or do you change the placement of the thermocouple? If tried to decrease the setting but I can never get it quite right, and I can’t really move the thermocouple to the top of the substrate because if the tortoise is sitting on top of the thermocouple it will continue to heat because he will be blocking the heat from reaching the thermocouple.
Please share your wisdom!
Thanks guys
I have a thermostat that has a thermocouple connected by wire. Currently, I place this thermocouple below the light attatched to the wall.
However, this placement seems to measure the temperature innaccurately. For example the thermostat will measure 95 degrees where directly under the light is 120 degrees. How do y’all deal with this? Do you just decrease the setting on the thermostat do cut off heat at 70 degrees to compensate for the 25 degree difference? Or do you change the placement of the thermocouple? If tried to decrease the setting but I can never get it quite right, and I can’t really move the thermocouple to the top of the substrate because if the tortoise is sitting on top of the thermocouple it will continue to heat because he will be blocking the heat from reaching the thermocouple.
Please share your wisdom!
Thanks guys