Thermostat Question

All right, so, expansion on this question... say I get a dimmer from Matt until I can afford a thermos... can I plug a strip into the dimmer and control multiple heat sources from it? Thanks for all the help!

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I tried one of those BIg Apple Herp "t-stats", set it for 94 on the warm side... And you know what? Warm side fluctuated between the mid 80's and "might" have gotten up to 90... They really are just junk, and if you look at the diagrams Matt(www.mgreptiles.com) has on his site when he dissected one, you will be surprised that people actually entrust those things to control 1000 watts... Scary stuff.


I unhooked that thing and it is now under my bed taking up space. I use a Herpstat 2 now and am in love(although I would have loved to get the software it was supposed to come with...). It keeps the warm side at 93.8-94 and the cool side at 82.9-83 24/7. I love it :)

Maybe look into the Johnsons or the Rancos. They are actually meant to handle that sort of power.

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Glad to hear! I have a Herpstat 2 as well. But not hooked up yet as I'm still waiting for my T3 from Animal Plastics.

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Originally Posted by ladywhipple02

All right, so, expansion on this question... say I get a dimmer from Matt until I can afford a thermos... can I plug a strip into the dimmer and control multiple heat sources from it? Thanks for all the help!

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That will work as long as all of the heating devices are the same (or at least the same wattage) ... I actually forgot to mention this earlier, but the same idea applies to thermostats. If you have a 25 watt UTH and a 150 watt CHE plugged in, there is no way that a single dimmer or thermostat can regulate them to be the proper temps .... but if you wanted to use a power strip to control 5 25 watt stips of heat tape (or whatever) they are all the same and would give off the same amount of heat, so it would work.

Make sense? :O

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Make sense? :O
-adam

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I dont get it??? MAUAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

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Originally Posted by justcage

I dont get it??? MAUAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

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Must be a WV thing? :twisted:

-adam

Shoot man most of us Western Virginians cant not read:)

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Originally Posted by justcage

Shoot man most of us Western Virginians cant not read:)

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LMAO!!

-adam

Ewe forgot you're apostrophe ;)

how much did everyone pay for their herpstat 2? also is the herpstast 1 ok also adam how much did you pay for your helix?

The Herpstat runs around 100, Herpstat 2 anywhere from 200-250, and the Helix around 130. All of these can be found on Matt's website: mgreptiles.com


Also, there's a guy selling Helix's on Faunaclassifieds for 100 right now. Those won't last long...