ALIFE 1000 THERMOSTATS - DEFECTIVE?

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has had problems with the Alife 1000 thermostats sold by places like LLLReptile?

I had one that failed to switch off the heat when it reached the desired temp seting. I returned it and got a new one no problems. This defective one was shooting the cage temp up to 130 degress when the desired max temp was 89 F

I now have had another one that I have had for 6 months do the same thing all of a sudden (no warning). The big question here is, are other people experiencing these similar problems?

If so, then there is a rather "BIG" question mark hanging over this line of thermostats. I got them so that I don't have to worry about being out all day during the summer time and having my snakes heating setup (heat lamps and light setups etc) staying on during the high heat and then coming back on during the colder days.

Now I am not game to leave the house!

I would appreciate any comments on problems you may of had with these Alife 1000 thermostats.

Thanks,

Scott Collien

I have several of them, and so far my largest complaint is that I must re-calibrate about every 3 days. I use me temp gun to check to the temps in the tanks, and then adjust the thermostat accordingly. If I want the tank at 90 I check the actual temp at which to the alife sets itself off, and set the temp on the thermostat accordingly. I have heard from others that their Alife failed, (at the local IRBA show) and thats why I check the calibration so often. I would switch to ESU as I have heard nothing negative about them, but I have snakes litterally all over the house, so I have 15 thermostats right now, thats a LOT of money in thermostats and replacing them all is very expensive.

I thin biostat alife and ESU are all teh same. I had an ESU cook many $1000s in animals yesterday , the ysuck too.

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I have 7 alife thermostats, 3 of these are now defective. Latest one is 6 weeks old, I just happened to be up getting a drink at 3am and my blood python cage was at 140F


I consider myself very lucky it's still alive and that I caught the thermostat failing or I would of woken up to three dead snakes.

If anyone knows of a RELIABLE thermostat, let me know as i am not buying alife 1000 just to cook snakes!

I think Jon R has some nice shut off switches!

Perhaps alot more expensive than than the A-life and ESU thermostats, but definitely worth the money is the Big Apple Proportional thermostat. Also, the Helix thermostats do an excellent job as well. I've got a Big Apple set up on my new chondro egg incubator and it is holding temps solid to within 2/10 of a degree. The Big Apple and the Helix units all have optional night drop features as well.

I haven't found any of the other "cheapy" thermostats on the market to be of much use other than either freezing or frying animals. Personally, I'd rather spend $100 on a thermostat that works than spend $30 on one and end up cooking several thousand dollars in critters.

I use these now instead of cheap CRAP like ESU and ALIFE 1000 thermostats.

The ranco also has the optional night drop temps and you program how much it drops, which is VERY nice!

I have had one for a while now and found it to be very reliable! I am switching to these to control all of my heating needs. One controls 8 light fixtures with ease. I had mine wired up to a 6 outlet power board by a master electrician.

Alife and ESU are not worth the time or money, they NOT reliable and you are gambling witb your reptiles lives as far as I am concerned by using them.

The rancos actually do not have a night drop, they have a differential setting that will let them drop to a certain set point and then they will heat right back up/ They are however awsome themos. I use the johnsons thermostast that are about half the size of a ranco...

Yes! I am having the same problems! Except I have lost 3 of my snakes now due to the lights "BAKING" my snakes to death. What should I DO?

You need to get yourself a good thermostat.. A Johnson controls will take care of the "cooking" problems