Plug converters are cheap - but would rely on the thermostat being dual voltage/frequency. A voltage/frequency converter would be expensive and inefficient since the heater would also be powered via the converter.
The thermostat should say on it somewhere what its voltage requirements are. Nowadays lots of portable electronics' power supplies are designed to accept a range of voltages so that you can travel with them and only use a plug adaptor. That is certainly not the case with every item that plugs into the wall, but most things that do will have a sticker or a stamp on them somewhere that will tell you (most likely in extremely tiny print).
I know there's a couple of UK companies that are making products for sale in the US that should be plug-and-play. I can't remember the name of the company off the top of my head but they make a couple of thermostats as well as some heaters.
I know there's a couple of UK companies that are making products for sale in the US that should be plug-and-play. I can't remember the name of the company off the top of my head but they make a couple of thermostats as well as some heaters.
Yeah I'm trying to find some. There proportional thermostats are way cheaper then the ones in the US. I was looking at the microclimate thermostats. I couldn't find any info on there website saying they can be used in the United States so I sent them an email.
Yeah I'm trying to find some. There proportional thermostats are way cheaper then the ones in the US. I was looking at the microclimate thermostats. I couldn't find any info on there website saying they can be used in the United States so I sent them an email.
Aparently there's a US distributor for them. I looked into them awhile back, but they were more expensive. Can't remember the site though.
Microclimate never emailed me back so I ordered 5 thermostats from another company and called before asking if they were proportional or on/off and they told me they stay on all the time. Well I got them and they were on/off :/.....they are refunding me everything though. I then broke down and was going to order a herpstat 4 & 2 but I see now the 6 is out and for only $100 more then the 4 so I bought it. I just hope mine will be in with the first batch of them so I don't have to wait for them to get more lol.
Is the standard probe size 12' for the herpstat? I couldn't find the info, just seen they have 12' extensions.
Microclimate never emailed me back so I ordered 5 thermostats from another company and called before asking if they were proportional or on/off and they told me they stay on all the time. Well I got them and they were on/off :/.....they are refunding me everything though. I then broke down and was going to order a herpstat 4 & 2 but I see now the 6 is out and for only $100 more then the 4 so I bought it. I just hope mine will be in with the first batch of them so I don't have to wait for them to get more lol.
Is the standard probe size 12' for the herpstat? I couldn't find the info, just seen they have 12' extensions.
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