{"title":"Microclimate","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMicroclimate\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicroclimate is a UK manufacturer of reptile environmental control gear, and its thermostats are the ones keepers tend to standardise on once they have had a cheap stat fail. Nothing that produces heat in a reptile enclosure should run unregulated - an unstatted mat or ceramic is the most common cause of thermal burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhich thermostat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMinistat 600\u003c\/strong\u003e - simple on\/off control up to 600W. Right for heat mats, cords and ceramics where a small temperature swing does not matter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eB1\u003c\/strong\u003e - a dimming stat. It ramps the heat source up and down instead of switching it, so it can run light-emitting basking lamps as well as ceramics and mats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvo Lite\u003c\/strong\u003e - programmable, with a display and separate day and night settings for species that need a genuine night drop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGetting it right\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatch the stat type to the heat source: on\/off stats make basking globes flash and shorten their life, so anything light-emitting wants a dimming stat. Site the probe at the animal's level in the warm zone, and verify the actual basking surface with a separate infrared thermometer - the stat only controls what the probe can see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/reptile-heating-lighting\"\u003ereptile heating and lighting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.microclimate.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMicroclimate\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.peekapaw.com.au\/collections\/microclimate.oembed","provider":"PeekAPaw Pet Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}