thermostat

this might be the stupidest question but do i need a thermostat if i have a digital thermometer? where can i find a good but reasonable thermostat?

The thermometer just measures the temperatures, a thermostat actually controls a heating device to reach a desired temperature.

So if you have a heat source that gets the temperatures in the right range all the time w/o control, then I'd say you wouldn't need a thermostat.

Usually this is not the case, so yeah, you'll need a stat.

Spyder Robotics makes GREAT tstats with also GREAT customer service.

I have no experience with Helix, but I've read they make good ones also.

Ranco and Johnson Controls make non-proportional tstats that are less expensive.

Digital Thermometers with probes are a must ;)

I have 2 tanks set up with t-stat's and 1 set up with a rheostat (dimmer switch) and have had success with both types of temp controls. I do keep a closer eye on the rheostat though, but that's just me.

I have a Zoomed rheostat and it just doesn't work :P
Seriously, on low, the heat pad stays 140 or so.

I've used rheos' in the past as well, but Tstats are the way to go. Spyder Robotics makes a great one.

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

I have a Zoomed rheostat and it just doesn't work :P
Seriously, on low, the heat pad stays 140 or so.

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WOW! I have not run into an issue like that. I have never had a problem with the one tank on the rheostat. Honestly, I never planned on keeping the setup like that, but it was a rescued BP and I needed a tank setup fairly quickly. I had everything I needed except a thermostat, so I ran out to Petco and picked up the rheostat (it was most cost effective at the time), and since it has yet to fail me, I figured I would stick with it for now ;)

I looooove Spyder Robotics.

My mom plugged vacuum cleaner into it so the fuse broke, but Dion (owner) is buying me a new fuse and all I have to pay for is shipping.

His customer service is great, he's a nice guy, and his products is SUHWEET.

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

I looooove Spyder Robotics.

My mom plugged vacuum cleaner into it so the fuse broke, but Dion (owner) is buying me a new fuse and all I have to pay for is shipping.

His customer service is great, he's a nice guy, and his products is SUHWEET.

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lol, are you serious? aaaahahahhahaha. that sounds like somehing my mom would do :rofl:

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

The thermometer just measures the temperatures, a thermostat actually controls a heating device to reach a desired temperature.

So if you have a heat source that gets the temperatures in the right range all the time w/o control, then I'd say you wouldn't need a thermostat.

Usually this is not the case, so yeah, you'll need a stat.

Spyder Robotics makes GREAT tstats with also GREAT customer service.

I have no experience with Helix, but I've read they make good ones also.

Ranco and Johnson Controls make non-proportional tstats that are less expensive.

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I second this. I don't know about the other brands, but Sypder Robotics will not let you down. Dion I think is the guys name, but he usually ships next day. He builds them to order. I have 2 of the Herpstat's, just the regular ones. Not the Herpstat II. I had to quaranteen that's why I got two of the same instead of the Herpstat II.

They seem expensive, but totally worth it for your snake's well being.

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Originally Posted by DBD

lol, are you serious? aaaahahahhahaha. that sounds like somehing my mom would do :rofl:

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Yeah man, I told Dion and he said I was the first one to have broken a Herpstat this way :P

They're usually radiant heaters and only once it was an iron... so, I'm special for breaking my Herpstat an original way :banana:

Actually, the Herpstat II and Pro (maybe the ND too) have resettable fuses, so you wouldn't have to send it in to Dion.