heat matt problems

[jamesbecker]

well iv had my little snakey for awhile now.

feeding great hastn refused, never biten but struck once when i had it on my bed to clean the click clack, and has just shed and looks amazing.

i noticed though that when i got back from camp, the heat matt was acting wierd. one part seems to be getting warmer then normal (~35) and the other side produces no heat at all. normally the temp was a constant 33 and i had no problems.

the warm spot is only like a 2cm square, the rest of the heat matt gives of nothing, or very little. i had a look just then and where its hot it has a tinge of brown.

he is due for a feed but id rather not feed him incase he gets to cold and cant digest, due to crap heat matt.

the matt is a black stick on exo terra 4watt matt.

any help on whats wrong would be great... should i replace it?

 

[webcol]

Im not sure about the heat mat itself, but its good to have a temperature gradient, So hot end 32-34, and the cool end 25 to 27

 

[jamesbecker]

yes mate.

i had it 1/3 under the click clack, and everything was fine. hot end ~ 33 and cool end what ever really, but getting as low as 20.

but now in comparison there would probably be 1/20 of the click clack getting heat

 

[webcol]

Hhmm, maybe the heat mat is on its way out, can you re position the mat to cover more area?

 

[Sock Puppet]

Sounds like the heat mat has burned out. How old is it? If less than 12 months (& you kept the receipt, right?) the shop you bought it from should replace it. Do you run it off a thermostat? I had one burn out using no thermo, replaced it, added a thermo, no probs since

 

[jamesbecker]

nah repositioning it wont work as the part that wasnt under doesnt give off heat either.

hopefully i still have the reciept somewhere and il take it back tomorrow, if not il be buying a new one, and most likley not an exo terra one lol.

thanks for the help guys

 

[jamesbecker]

oh, and the heat matt would only be 2 months old tops

 

[diprotodon]

green pvc matts are good in my oppinion have had three going non stop for over 2 years