Hydrofarm thermostat

[Gene Collins]

Anyone ever use one of these for aquariums? I'm going to have extras after I buy a herpstat and wss thinking of using it for my turtle's tank.

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[MrLang]

I'm using one to regulate a small plug in space heater to supplement my jungle room a few degrees above room temp.

[kitedemon]

I would think the limitations that make it poor for snake use would actually work in the favour of heating water.

[Gene Collins]

I would think the limitations that make it poor for snake use would actually work in the favour of heating water.

I'm just wondering if the probe is water proof lol. Don't wanna short it out or anything

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[kitedemon]

http://www.hydrofarm.com/downloads/f...nstr_18734.pdf

Apparently not... they do make good fail safe T-stats especially useful with flexwatt to prevent it from being run over its recommended temps.

[Gene Collins]

Damn :o( thanks for looking that up.

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[kitedemon]

NP too bad it recommends against it. It sounded like a good plan.

[Gene Collins]

Yea it did seem like a good plan. What I wanted to do was go back to the nicer titanium or other metal material heaters because they seem to work better and last longer but the last one I had cooked a turtle I had. I guess the thermostat built in fritzed out and the temp shot up to 105...which was higher than the thermostat even allowed you to turn it to. I have been using the cheaper glass ones and the last one I used was one of those tetras that is designed for turtles with a built in thermostat that sets for just 78 degree. I am a little unsure of trusting one of the other types without a thermostat though.

[kitedemon]

That is awful !! I am sorry I have two thoughts on solving that issue.

If you plugged in the aquarium heater into a rheostat perhaps you could control the max temp it could reach by limiting the power?

The second thought is I do not recall ever seeing a herpstat probe could not be used in water. It might be worth asking this question to Dion of spyder robotics (sales@spyderrobotics.com). Perhaps a herpstat intro could be used as a controller?

My third though is if the tank is glass could the probe of the hydrofarm be taped to the outside and be set like a fail safe to kick off below a critical temp inside is reached?

[Gene Collins]

My third though is if the tank is glass could the probe of the hydrofarm be taped to the outside and be set like a fail safe to kick off below a critical temp inside is reached?

You know after going over thermal conductivity in my physics class the other day, this could be a sound idea. Glass is such a good conductor of heat that this could totally work. I would have to play around with it of course because the temps won't be a spot on read. Thanks a ton!