Wireless thermometers advice please

kazzabb · 30-10-2013, 01:35 PM

ooh I haven't been on here for ages... Does anyone use any wireless thermometer which they can recommend. The tort shed is about 100 feet away. I want to hibernate the large females in there this winter - it's a wooden 5x4x5 feet shed. The wood is 28mm tongue and groove. Inside has a 5cm triple-layer of foil/fibre insulation, and a tubular heater. The shed stands on a base of brick, on top of concrete paving. Inside the shed the base is 50mm of marine ply, on top of that is a thick plastic tray 15cm deep and filled with topsoil. The tort shed is next to another larger wooden shed, has fence and hedging behind and at one side and overhead a trellis with clear corrugated sheeting on top, so no rain gets onto the tort shed. I'd like to have a thermometer probe inside the shed and read the temperature from inside my house.
Any suggestions on a good quality wireless thermometer would be appreciated.
Thanks all.
Karen

Catwoman63 · 30-10-2013, 03:00 PM

Hi karen, long time no see, i was going to hibernate my adults in their shed last year, but the temperatures fluctuated too much, even got to 17c at one point which was too warm, ialso use wireless digital thermometers/hygrometers but dont think they are very acurate as i have wired ones with probes and the temps read different lol but they are not expensive ones, maybe the more expensive ones will be better x

emma_mcraf · 30-10-2013, 04:43 PM

I haven't a clue about wireless thermometers I'm afraid Karen, but just wanted to say it's nice to see you back.

Suze65 · 30-10-2013, 05:54 PM

I don't have a clue either, but also wanted say nice to see you back on here. Long time no see.

**Alan1** · 31-10-2013, 08:36 AM

I've never had one but they are quite cheap. This Amazon one works up to 100 metres away http://www.amazon.co.uk/TFA-Dostmann...s+thermometers

kazzabb · 31-10-2013, 09:31 AM

Hello all, nice to be back, thanks for your replies. I've been preoccupied with a building project (hubby's garage/workshop - which is turning out to be almost as big as our house), and with hubby away for 4 weeks, I've been ordering the materials, managing builders and deliveries etc. Lots of 9 feet deep trenches dug out of heavy clay for the footings, which then collapsed in from all the heavy rain, and had to be re-dug. The dogs thought it was great fun to jump across the trenches

400 tonnes of clay removed and fifty tonnes of concrete poured. Thankfully we are now almost above ground. Hubby's parents were quite a challenge too, with one ill and one in hospital, so have been arranging care, visits, meetings with social/nurses/consultants/organising suitable accoutrements/furniture for return home from hosp etc. Work very busy too, so my stuff's been on hold for a while. Torts are seriously winding down and digging down deep into their soil, I keep having to dig them up to try to make them stay under their lamps and drink a bit. Will bring most of them into the greenhouse this weekend to keep them a bit warmer until it's time to hibernate them properly.
Karen x

Merlin M · 31-10-2013, 09:52 AM

Wow, you have been really busy!
Hope it all calms down soon!

30-10-2013, 01:35 PM	#1
kazzabb Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedfordshire - the middle of nowhere Posts: 430	Wireless thermometers advice please ooh I haven't been on here for ages... Does anyone use any wireless thermometer which they can recommend. The tort shed is about 100 feet away. I want to hibernate the large females in there this winter - it's a wooden 5x4x5 feet shed. The wood is 28mm tongue and groove. Inside has a 5cm triple-layer of foil/fibre insulation, and a tubular heater. The shed stands on a base of brick, on top of concrete paving. Inside the shed the base is 50mm of marine ply, on top of that is a thick plastic tray 15cm deep and filled with topsoil. The tort shed is next to another larger wooden shed, has fence and hedging behind and at one side and overhead a trellis with clear corrugated sheeting on top, so no rain gets onto the tort shed. I'd like to have a thermometer probe inside the shed and read the temperature from inside my house. Any suggestions on a good quality wireless thermometer would be appreciated. Thanks all. Karen __________________ 19 TG Ibera, 3 dogs, 1 husband.

30-10-2013, 03:00 PM	#2
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Hi karen, long time no see, i was going to hibernate my adults in their shed last year, but the temperatures fluctuated too much, even got to 17c at one point which was too warm, ialso use wireless digital thermometers/hygrometers but dont think they are very acurate as i have wired ones with probes and the temps read different lol but they are not expensive ones, maybe the more expensive ones will be better x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

30-10-2013, 04:43 PM	#3
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	I haven't a clue about wireless thermometers I'm afraid Karen, but just wanted to say it's nice to see you back. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

30-10-2013, 05:54 PM	#4
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	I don't have a clue either, but also wanted say nice to see you back on here. Long time no see. __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

31-10-2013, 09:31 AM	#6
kazzabb Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedfordshire - the middle of nowhere Posts: 430	Hello all, nice to be back, thanks for your replies. I've been preoccupied with a building project (hubby's garage/workshop - which is turning out to be almost as big as our house), and with hubby away for 4 weeks, I've been ordering the materials, managing builders and deliveries etc. Lots of 9 feet deep trenches dug out of heavy clay for the footings, which then collapsed in from all the heavy rain, and had to be re-dug. The dogs thought it was great fun to jump across the trenches 400 tonnes of clay removed and fifty tonnes of concrete poured. Thankfully we are now almost above ground. Hubby's parents were quite a challenge too, with one ill and one in hospital, so have been arranging care, visits, meetings with social/nurses/consultants/organising suitable accoutrements/furniture for return home from hosp etc. Work very busy too, so my stuff's been on hold for a while. Torts are seriously winding down and digging down deep into their soil, I keep having to dig them up to try to make them stay under their lamps and drink a bit. Will bring most of them into the greenhouse this weekend to keep them a bit warmer until it's time to hibernate them properly. Karen x __________________ 19 TG Ibera, 3 dogs, 1 husband.

31-10-2013, 08:36 AM	#5
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I've never had one but they are quite cheap. This Amazon one works up to 100 metres away http://www.amazon.co.uk/TFA-Dostmann...s+thermometers

31-10-2013, 09:52 AM	#7
Merlin M Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 4,186	Wow, you have been really busy! Hope it all calms down soon! __________________ 1:1:1 Horsfields (Misha, Amber and Teabag) 1:0:0 Dog: Rocco, Rottweiler cross 1 husband (Russ)

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