I finally found rancos on ebay!!

So after searching for about 2 weeks, page after page after page hoping to find a deal I come across the words Ranco ETC. So I do a search for that. THERES BUNCHES OF THEM! After shipping I can get one for $50! SUCCESS!!

I feel so warm and fuzzy inside knowing I don't have to worry about my crappy rheostat allowing fluctuations of 10 degrees to occur while I'm not home. When my collection increases I still plan on getting a herpstat 2 but for now this is perfect. I just had to share my glee.

Be careful to match the model numbers a lot of the Ranco on Ebay are 12 volt models.

theyre pretty much all the 111000 models....is that usable?

And make sure that they are already wired!

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Originally Posted by missi182

theyre pretty much all the 111000 models....is that usable?

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Yes those are the 120v (the ones you want) :gj:

I agree with Robin at that price you are going to need to wire them yourself so you either need to be good at wiring or buy/find someone to wire them for you.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

And make sure that they are already wired!

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Oh yea, thats why it took me weeks to find what I was looking for, everything needed hardwiring, the ETC models are all prewired and have the piggyback plugs

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Yes those are the 120v (the ones you want) :gj:

I agree with Robin at that price you are going to need to wire them yourself so you either need to be good at wiring or buy/find someone to wire them for you.

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These are all pre wired. Thats why I am so excited, check em out
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...etc&category0=

I double checked and only some are pre-wired, others say it can be done with an extension cord. But thanx for making sure I checked that. I could have bought the wrong one.

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Originally Posted by missi182

These are all pre wired. Thats why I am so excited, check em out
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...etc&category0=

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Actually they are not wired I have bought several of them of Ebay (3) and my hubby wired them.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Actually they are not wired I have bought several of them of Ebay (3) and my hubby wired them.

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Some are some aren't. Either way my bf works in home automation so he can wire it for me if I buy one not wired:)

Unless you want to do it yourself, I would suggest you to get it from someone that knows what he is doing and for that I would suggest http://www.reptilebasics.com/Ranco-E...d-p-16172.html

I trust my bf to do it, he went to college for 3 years for home automation which is wiring home theatre and automated heating/cooling/lighting and whatnot. I will check with him before I buy anything though. I have looked at reptile basics for rancos and other thermostats. Thanx for your help!

If your bf does low voltage wiring he can wire that. All it is is a relay. :gj: I do the same thing home automation and security/cctv systems, it's easy.

Thanx!! I asked him and he said yea easy peasy but I would have been a bit surprised if I bought one and didn't know what to do with it.

come on chickens its 4 stinkin wires! its a pita to get to them but its not hard and the instructions are very very good

It's as easy as this.Anyone can do it. http://www.rcreptiles.com/blog/index...000_thermosta_

i bought three johnson controls from ebay all new for 100 shipped the guy was selling them for 30 each unwired though but that no proplem it not hard as long as you can read a diagram.

Is ranco one of the better ones? I have two thermostats but they sometimes fluctuate. The warm side tends to stay within 90-94 but every now and then jumps to an unexpected 100.2 F.

I really need a new thermostat but don't want to spend a lot. Would this be a good one? Oh and I don't mind wiring

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Is ranco one of the better ones? I have two thermostats but they sometimes fluctuate. The warm side tends to stay within 90-94 but every now and then jumps to an unexpected 100.2 F.

I really need a new thermostat but don't want to spend a lot. Would this be a good one? Oh and I don't mind wiring

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Ranco and Johnson's are the favored on/off thermostats, Helix and Herpstat are the two favored proportional thermostats.

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Originally Posted by hammerhead

Is ranco one of the better ones? I have two thermostats but they sometimes fluctuate. The warm side tends to stay within 90-94 but every now and then jumps to an unexpected 100.2 F.

I really need a new thermostat but don't want to spend a lot. Would this be a good one? Oh and I don't mind wiring

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Do you have a dial that you have to change to keep the temp right? Thats a rheostat (what I have at the moment) and they fluctuate a lot. The thermostats (ranco or johnson at least) switch on and off when the temps go above or below what you have set to be the min/max. A lot less worry:)

yeah,,,i picked one up also....51 bucks shipped, you cant beat it