Help With Thermostats!!!

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Originally Posted by sneakerpro

I have one lamp and one heating pad, and for now, have no controls on either of them. I regulate the lamp on a 12/12 cycle. Do I need to spend $100's on timers and thermostats?

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The heating pad you have is the biggest issue, because uncontrolled heat pads sit around 110 degrees. Yes you do need a control for the heatpad, not the lamp though. For the lamp if it is too hot, you can buy a lower wattage.

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Originally Posted by addsdad

You had better get something controlling the heat. At least a dimmer switch, if you have to save up for a good thermostat. You can get a dimmer switch for under 10$ at home depot, lowes, etc.

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This is what I did and while it does lower the temp of the heating pads, the temp is not steady so it requires constant tweaking. But if you cannot afford a thermostat (like a helix or herpstat) the dimmer switch will work until you get sick of it.

and you will get sick of it.

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Originally Posted by missi182

Ive decided I am very sick of tweaking lamp dimmers and I would really like a thermostat. Since I am a ebay addict, this is all I could find -
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...id=p2759.l1259

Can anyone lead me in the right direction, web sites, links, anything? Or give me an opinion on the one I posted there.

I really really want to get a thermostat that can control both my UTH's, at different temps. Please help:(

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I got a Herpstat, and it works perfectly.

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Originally Posted by missi182

The heating pad you have is the biggest issue, because uncontrolled heat pads sit around 110 degrees. Yes you do need a control for the heatpad, not the lamp though. For the lamp if it is too hot, you can buy a lower wattage.

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Mine was up to 120+!!! Same with one my buddy had, I gave him my old BAH-1000. I'm glad I did too, got close to 130 when I was over there.

Yea I am so glad I measured the temps of my UTH when I first bought it before I got my bp home, so I had time to realize, "gee these don't control themselves"...

Anywho, does anyone think this would work??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tekmar-511-Progr...QQcmdZViewItem

Go with either herpstat, or helix. I prefer herpstat (way more functions)

The rest is junk, and Ive never seen a herpstat or helix on ebay.


There are also on/off thermostats but they wont work well for lights.

My boyfriend is in home automation and he wants to rig this up. You can control one temp but measure 4 I believe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll....cWAT.m240.lVI

I use the alife 1000 without a problem, it keeps all my heat tape the same degrees. The only thing is that you have to mess with it for a little while to get the temps you want, it fluctuates between three degrees of where you want it so you have to get in between( Right now i have it where the highest it gos is 93 and the lowest 89 and gos up and down throughout the day) But other than that i would buy it again unless I needed it for ALOT of snakes and a huge rack!

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

I use the alife 1000 without a problem, it keeps all my heat tape the same degrees. The only thing is that you have to mess with it for a little while to get the temps you want, it fluctuates between three degrees of where you want it so you have to get in between( Right now i have it where the highest it gos is 93 and the lowest 89 and gos up and down throughout the day) But other than that i would buy it again unless I needed it for ALOT of snakes and a huge rack!

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Yes, I am wanting to purchase one of these. As a starving graphic designer who is wanting to go back to school in January 09, I cannot blow $130 on a Helix. I know there are a lot of people out there who want the best thing possible no matter the cost, but I can't afford it right now. After I finish grad school will be another story :)

Has anyone had a bad experience with the Alife?

I got the Herpstat II for 2 seperate tanks. And only UTH in each tank. Temps are running pretty good right now. Gotta love the ease of it.