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shellyshelly · 29-11-2017, 06:48 PM

Ok, I've now got my lighting/heating & stat & have temporarily set them up for testing.

I've seen various suggested basking temps:
-some suggest 35-37°C
-other suggest lower temp of 32°C.

eg:
http://www.hermann-tortoise.co.uk/fo...showtopic=6538
http://www.tortoisecentre.co.uk/Tortoise care.aspx

As a test, I've set up the heat lamp above some slate & have the probe from the stat nearby. aiming my ir gun directly under the lamp it reads 34.5, but the stat is giving me a temp of only 24.8.

I think this is due to the difference in air temp & surface temp and that the suggested basking temp is a surface temp (eg ir gun measurement)?

So I need to work out how to calibrate the stat (eg I want to set it so that its target temp achieves the basking temp when checking with the ir gun).

29-11-2017, 06:48 PM	#6
shellyshelly Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 5	Ok, I've now got my lighting/heating & stat & have temporarily set them up for testing. I've seen various suggested basking temps: -some suggest 35-37°C -other suggest lower temp of 32°C. eg: http://www.hermann-tortoise.co.uk/fo...showtopic=6538 http://www.tortoisecentre.co.uk/Tortoise care.aspx As a test, I've set up the heat lamp above some slate & have the probe from the stat nearby. aiming my ir gun directly under the lamp it reads 34.5, but the stat is giving me a temp of only 24.8. I think this is due to the difference in air temp & surface temp and that the suggested basking temp is a surface temp (eg ir gun measurement)? So I need to work out how to calibrate the stat (eg I want to set it so that its target temp achieves the basking temp when checking with the ir gun).