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What thermostats do you use and recommend?

Oh yeah, for sure i am putting helix's on my incubators. I have a thermo now, but it's not a push button one, its a dial and its very touchy.

But for my racks i have them stacked on top of each other, going up to the ceiling. It would be nice to have a thermo that has 2 or more outputs, to save a little cash. It will have to run two different temps tho, seeing as the ones further up are going to get hotter than the ones on bottom. But i really do like the helix's. I think they may be at the narbc. This year i don't think i'll go for animals. I'll go for a small incubator and a couple helix systems :)
 
Thanky you Kindly I probably will go with a Helix for now...

Only Question is will the Flex Watt melt the Plexi glaz and burn my house down... I hope it don't I got some beauties that are going in those cages
 
I'd think it would have to be pretty darn hot flexwatt to melt plexiglass, as i can rest my hand on mine and it's hot/warm, not burning hot.

But maybe someone else can shed light on this?
 
Borewyrm said:
They are not reostats, they are thermostats. They do not depend on the ambient temperature remaining constant.
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Looking at this... I did not mean to support them. They are not super reliable. They do work and are a budget friendly alternative, however, any serious inverstment in animals deserves an investment in their houseing. I still use to of these in 2 10 gallon tanks. But I would not buy any more.
 
raiquee said:
Oh yeah, for sure i am putting helix's on my incubators. I have a thermo now, but it's not a push button one, its a dial and its very touchy.

But for my racks i have them stacked on top of each other, going up to the ceiling. It would be nice to have a thermo that has 2 or more outputs, to save a little cash. It will have to run two different temps tho, seeing as the ones further up are going to get hotter than the ones on bottom. But i really do like the helix's. I think they may be at the narbc. This year i don't think i'll go for animals. I'll go for a small incubator and a couple helix systems :)
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You can use a regular dimmer switch on the top (or all) heat tapes. This way the bottom one can be on full (if needed) & you can cut some of the power going to the top ones & keep them all around the same temp easier. It works & the dimmers aren't expensive either. You can buy them from your local Hardware store, like Lowes, Home Depot, etc...

Hope this helps!
 
AquamanX said:
You can use a regular dimmer switch on the top (or all) heat tapes. This way the bottom one can be on full (if needed) & you can cut some of the power going to the top ones & keep them all around the same temp easier. It works & the dimmers aren't expensive either. You can buy them from your local Hardware store, like Lowes, Home Depot, etc...

Hope this helps!
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Thanks for the suggestion, but i have dimmers now and hate them :( The dimmers work well in a room that is temp controlled, or doesn't flux much, but our room fluxes from 75-87 within a given day. And i am not home to turn the racks down. I need something that will do that for me :) The front of our house is a dark wood and it just sucks the heat up, and of course our room is on that side of the house lol.

But to anyone else who has a more stable room temp, the dimmers he mention do their job pretty well :)
 
raiquee said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but i have dimmers now and hate them :( The dimmers work well in a room that is temp controlled, or doesn't flux much, but our room fluxes from 75-87 within a given day. And i am not home to turn the racks down. I need something that will do that for me :) The front of our house is a dark wood and it just sucks the heat up, and of course our room is on that side of the house lol.

But to anyone else who has a more stable room temp, the dimmers he mention do their job pretty well :)
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Actually, Desire, I think he means you can use the dimmers in conjunction with a thermostat. I was actually wondering about this, because even though with new Helix, I'm keeping within 2 degrees, I still have a 3-4 degree difference between top and bottom shelves. So, if I can vary the output power of the Helix higher for the lower shelves and lower to the higher (because heat rises), I could probably keep a constant (within 2 degree) temp for all the levels without the variance.

Does anyone actually use this method to keep a rack on target for all levels?
 
Herpcam said:
Actually, Desire, I think he means you can use the dimmers in conjunction with a thermostat. I was actually wondering about this, because even though with new Helix, I'm keeping within 2 degrees, I still have a 3-4 degree difference between top and bottom shelves. So, if I can vary the output power of the Helix higher for the lower shelves and lower to the higher (because heat rises), I could probably keep a constant (within 2 degree) temp for all the levels without the variance.

Does anyone actually use this method to keep a rack on target for all levels?
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Ahh well in that case, it probably could work! I don't really understand how you'd hook it up...but i'm not at all electrical sauvy. I am suprised we got the racks we have to heat up! lol :)
 
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