Ok i had a failuer of my dimmer controls and only saved my collection because i was in and out the room and seen the huge temp spike. so I am gongio t order a better t-stat control. I know ther the ranco, Johnson, and helix are the 3 top brand ( i found) .
I was wondering about 3 things. I want to make sure I have a lowest possible chance of this happening again with a almost cooknig of snakes.
I want to know . ine people person experience .
The rough failure rate ( if any for your stat ) brand, and number of them.
The temp teading ( how far off roughly ) if possible .and were the cheapest place to get one ..
I am running over 220 watts right now of flexwatt and i saying closer to about 350 watts to be safe.
that a 5 shelf rack and 3 snake cages which all sit in the same room and have about the same temp for background temps. I will be replacing the cages with a second rack later this summer and it will run about a 400--600 watt range ( and will have it own t-stat controls) .