Re: rheostat vs thermostats
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Originally Posted by Kagez28
yea i started with a dimmer but had to adjust it every 20 mins. so i bought the zoomed and it works good for what i wanted. i just used a glue gun and attached a probe thermometer so i knew the temps that it would shut off and them back on. now i just won a lot of 2 johnson controls and 1 ranco thermostats off ebay which i will use for my rack and my boa tank. and i guess i'll be throwing the zoomeds up on ebay. you can private message me and maybe i can sell you one cheap.
the way i see it if your are not incubating eggs, there really isn't a need for a propotional thermostat. on the JC and the Ranco you can set the temp to say 93 and a 1 degree difference, so when it drops to 92 it'll kick back on. so you're temps will stay between 93.-92 easily.
until you get one of those picky snakes who gets freaked by that subtle changes. One of my 06 hatchlings rarely ate when I had it on a JC thermostat and now eats every chance with the rack on a Helix. It could be something else, but it just happened he started eating consistently when using the helix.
Re: rheostat vs thermostats
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Originally Posted by marcus6363
I will probably just get a ranco to start out with and just save up the cash
Good choice.
