Bang for Your Buck Thermostats

[Hapa_Haole]

Ok so silly question...
The probes on the thermostats look pretty girthy. How do you get them inbetween the tub and the ultratherm UTH without bumping the tub up off the heat mat?

All I can come up with is having a portion of the UTH extending out past the tub for the probe to lie on. But that seems like a waste of UTH.

Dennis

[shadraak]

Herpstats from www.spyderrobotics.com all the way!

Best thermostats, period, and not very much more than the Ranco or Johnson on/off thermostats, and a lot cheaper than Helix.

looks to be the same price as helix, all the helix ones' i'm finding are anywhere between 100-120 same as these

[shadraak]

Ok so silly question...
The probes on the thermostats look pretty girthy. How do you get them inbetween the tub and the ultratherm UTH without bumping the tub up off the heat mat?

All I can come up with is having a portion of the UTH extending out past the tub for the probe to lie on. But that seems like a waste of UTH.

Dennis

i've seen ran 2 diff ways (in a rack system), inbetween 2 tubs on the uth, taped down , or with a piece of the same tub you use cut out and put under the probe and taped to that, and all of that taped to the heat tape (that way you know what the general temp will be in the tub rather than just the temp of the tape.

[Hapa_Haole]

Are there any methods that don't involve mutilating the tub?

Dennis

[PythonWallace]

looks to be the same price as helix, all the helix ones' i'm finding are anywhere between 100-120 same as these

Where are you seeing new Helix thermostats for $100? You can get a new Herpstat for $100 on occasion, or $109 shipped every day, but Helixes have a retail price of $139.00. I just looked at a few sites that sell supplies, and they all sell them for $135-$149. That's a 30% - 50% price difference. Even if they were the same price, the Herpstats are all around better thermostats, imho.

[shadraak]

Are there any methods that don't involve mutilating the tub?

Dennis

most dont mutilate the tub just get another one and cut a piece out of it, and use that one for storage etc... that's the way i plan on doing it with my rack just gotta figure if i wanna go thermostat or rheostat, i really dont ever have a problem with rheostats room temp really doesn't mean anything if it's providing the same amount of heat to the belly, well it's going to keep it that temp consistantly unless there's a massive drop in temp, which usually doesn't happen in a house.

[shadraak]

Where are you seeing new Helix thermostats for $100? You can get a new Herpstat for $100 on occasion, or $109 shipped every day, but Helixes have a retail price of $139.00. I just looked at a few sites that sell supplies, and they all sell them for $135-$149. That's a 30% - 50% price difference. Even if they were the same price, the Herpstats are all around better thermostats, imho.

was looking at a ranco sorry i'm pretty out of it lately with worrying about my new leo's and everything sry.

[hud556]

use the Herpstat 2 and its great... but now I wish I had spent the money for the pro