thermostat question

[geckoluv2187]

So right now, the way I have my setup, we have a UTH hooked up to one of those simple thermostats that does high-med-low and we have that hooked up to a timer. During the day, the warm side reads about 90 degrees. But at night, when the timer goes off the warm side is around 72, which seems too low? Is there a thermostat that you can set to be hotter during the day and lower at night (so I could say have it around 80 at night?)???

 

[98XJSport]

I think you can get dimmers that are on timers, in the hardware section of walmart for example. Intended for dim light in the afternoon, full light at night type of thing. If you know your way around wiring a little bit, this could be an option. Then you leave it on high, during the day it would be on high, and could cut itself back at night.

This is shooting from the hip, I just saw the box when I was getting a rheostat, so don't take the info as gospel, just a lead perhaps

 

[acpart]

Is there any reason why you don't just keep it at 90º 24 hours? I don't think they particularly need a night time cool down.

Aliza

 

[geckoluv2187]

Is there any reason why you don't just keep it at 90º 24 hours? I don't think they particularly need a night time cool down.

Aliza

I just thought you were supposed to simulate night and day. It seems to me that the geckos tend to sleep when the heater is on and tend to move around more when it's off. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Leopardbreeder]

They sleep in the day, and run around at night. I would keep it the same 24/7.

 

[Nigel4less]

Unless you are brumating you have no need to lower the temperature just keep it 88-90F 24/7.