Helix vs Herpstat

I've been using one herpstat for a month and the thing kix major ass. I just ordered another one from crunchy-critters.com a few days ago to control my belly heat. Highly recommended!

HMMMMMMM!!!! Trader..lol...

hmm interesting information here. can you use the herpstat to control more than one heating device, and if so, how reliable/accurate is doing that? right now i am using the standard $30 esu thermostat. convince me why i should use a herpstat instead, since it is a bit more expensive.

An esu thermostat is a standard on/off thermostat. Which means it will kick off the power at your set point and then back on at a programmed setpoint. Which in my experience is about 5-7 degrees in the cheap on/off units.. On a johnson controls or ranco thermostat they will have a setpoint differintal that is programmed by you to 1 degree.. The herpstat is a pulse ppropotional thatmostat which mean it will read the temp of the heating element once a second and adjust the temp of the element according to your setpoint. So if you have the thermostat set at 90 it wil continually adjust the amount of current allowed to pass to the heating element to maintain that set tempature.. Hope this is conviencing.. If you try one your be hooked..
-matt

so the biggest advantage is the consistency of the temperature? i do admit that with my esu thermostat the temps fluctuate somewhat, which does bother me. maybe i should ask for a herpstat for christmas. :P

At one time I bout some of the Big Apple unit which are the same as the esu and hated the temp control... I like to look at my thermostat and know what it is reading and what it is doin in there.. Also the relay contacts in the cheap thermostats will become coroded and stick on or off.. Hopefully off but hey the opposite is just to bad to think about.. And yes the temp will be within 9/10th of a degree of what you set it at at all times...

moved to the caging forum ;)

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Originally Posted by epilover

I've been using one herpstat for a month and the thing kix major fanny. Highly recommended!

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Who did you order from?

Whoa, ok. Just wanna let everyone know, I did NOT say "fanny". I would never say such a word. I meant to say the "vulgar" word that was censored, which would also refer to a donkey.

Anyways,
I got the herpstat from crunchy-critters.com, as, er, previously noted in my last post? yea....

Thanks Epilover. I missed that part of your post completely. I guess I was taken back by the whole "fanny" thing. ;)