my thermostat doesnt work?

[shining apprentice]

i just hooked up my thermostat last night and it doesnt appear to be working. I set it to mid and left it on for an hour or two and the temp didnt change so i moved it down to low and its been at that setting for about 24 hours with no change in the temp at all. Its a repitemp 500r and im thinking its crap. This happened to e once before with a rheostat... is it possible that theres something wrong with my heat pads or does the thermostat just suck?

thanks

[xdeus]

You get what you pay for. Take a look at Herpstat or Helix thermostats, in the mean time run out and get a rheostat (dimmer) until you can get a quality thermostat.

Edit: Ah, one more thing. It may be your heat pad as well. Plug your thermostat into a lamp and see if it turns the lamp on. Either way, I would get a better thermostat.

[kitedemon]

I had one of the same it kinda sucked, it never held a constant temp it always swing hi low. I don't know but I'd say that the fault lies in the 500r.

[Kaorte]

do you have it setup properly? What kind of thermometers are you using to measure the temp of the UTH?

[mommanessy247]

hm that thermostat will be all i can afford for the time being. hope mine doesnt end up being crappy as i will only be able to afford to buy 1.

[Vypyrz]

Some of the basics you can re-check are:
1) Check the UTH over for any damage where the cord is connected.
2) Make sure it is plugged into the thermostat all the way.
3) You can also plug the UTH into the wall to make sure it is working.
4) If the thermostat is plugged into a power strip, make sure the switch is still turned on.
5) Verify that the wall outlet is still "live". Sometimes the circuit breakers can trip. Or you mave have a Master outlet that popped....

[Kaorte]

hm that thermostat will be all i can afford for the time being. hope mine doesnt end up being crappy as i will only be able to afford to buy 1.

I have had one for a few years now and it works just fine. There might be a couple faulty ones, but you will get that with every product.

There is also this I happened across: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...1529683&sr=1-7

[j_h_smith]

Never owned one, but if it has a plug-in for the UTH, then you can test it with a lamp. Plug the lamp into the thermostat. Turn the temps up to the highest setting. This should light the bulb in the lamp. If it doesn't, then the thermostat is defective. If it does light the bulb, then you trouble is elsewhere.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

[shining apprentice]

i have a zoomed thermometer to check the temps... the UTHs are fully plugged in as is the thermostat itself. Its in a power strip and the power strip is working fine. Theres a green light on the thermostat that is supposed to cycle to let me know that its working and ive only seen green.

[mechnut450]

best way to test it it too hook a light up to it and set it to come on and then dail it back to till shuts off it it don't then the think junked ( make sure the light worksfirst and it turned on lol) that how I test any thermostat I hook up ( wire up) first.