Hydrofarm thermostat question.

[darthkevin]

I know a lot of people on this site use these thermostats to regulate heat for the UTH on a ball setup. I don't have a UTH yet because of some financial issues. Here is my million dollar question: Can I use this thermostat with a UTH/black light setup via a power bar? I only see one plugin to the thermostat and was thinking- Self, can I plug a power bar into that and run the UTH to the power bar along with my black light? Here is a link to the exact thermostat I am looking at so there is no confusion.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B000N...6518979&sr=8-1

Me and Cuddles really appreciate it.

Here is a pic of my current set up. It's a 20L tank, cypress mulch for humidity, a towel on top because humidity is hard to keep in the highland desert of Colorado a water dish 2 probed thermometers an accurite thermometer and humidity gauge a small plant and 2 awesome homemade hides.

















Thanks everyone and if there is a problem with the set up chime on in!

[darthkevin]

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[The Serpent Merchant]

No, the UTH and heat lamp have vastly different wattages... The only time that a single thermostat can control 2 heat sources is if they are identical in every way.

I would suggest getting a lamp dimmer or second hydrofarm to control the heat lamp.

[darthkevin]

Yeah I have a dimmer I forgot to take a pic of it lol thanks though!

[johnmauser]

I have this thermostat on my rack system. I have seperate heat strips for each tub and each heat strip has it's own plug. All of the plugs are plugged into a power strip and the power strip is plugged into the hydrofarm. The herpstat comes with one temp sensor probe. The probe is attached to one of the heatstrips and when that heatstrip reaches the desired temp, the hydrofarm kills the power to the powerstrip which kills the power to all of the heatstrips. Once the probe recognizes that the temp has dropped a few degrees, the hydrofarm repowers the powerstrip and the heat strips. This works well because all of my heatstrips are identical and I want the temps in each tub to be identical.

Basically if you used the thermostat, your light would cut off each time the desired temp was reached on the UTH...so basically it would cut on and off every 5 seconds or so.

What is the purpose of the black light on your tank? Extra warmth? The UTH should be enough. You could plug the light in seperately if you want it on all the time.

[darthkevin]

I don't have a UTH yet so the black light right now is the only source of heat

[kitedemon]

No as stated it would strobe. The Hydrofarm is a poor t-stat painfully in accurate and slow to response make it a poor choice. It can be made to work but is not something I'd recommend unless it were used as a failsafe.


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[Abaddon91]

No as stated it would strobe. The Hydrofarm is a poor t-stat painfully in accurate and slow to response make it a poor choice. It can be made to work but is not something I'd recommend unless it were used as a failsafe.


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i completly disagree with this ive been running a hydrofarm for months and my temps remain very well withen 93-95 degrees im constantly checking with an infared it works just like all the other on/offs i wouldnt use it for a incubator but for a rack system it works good

[darthkevin]

i completly disagree with this ive been running a hydrofarm for months and my temps remain very well withen 93-95 degrees im constantly checking with an infared it works just like all the other on/offs i wouldnt use it for a incubator but for a rack system it works good

That's all I needs to know thanks!


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[reptileexperts]

Also should be noted that the hydrofarm allows temperatures to sway about 5 degrees (+-2 each direction from set point) before activating and deactivating. It can be slightly problematic for stable stable, but because the temperatures aren't within +-2 degrees from a medium in the wild I doubt that there will be much an issue with it. Just plug the light and the uth to a power strip, plug it into the t-stat, put the probe in the cage where it can sense the ground temperatures, and make sure it can't be moved by the snake. It may not be a precise set up, but it's a set up that will work in a pinch.