Ranco Thermostats

[Vypyrz]

I have a double ranco and I love it. It is wired to a power strip and 5 different plugs for flexwatt are plugged into that. If you get one that is not already wired to a strip then you only need to plug the ranco into a strip and plug the strip into the wall. Then the UTH plugs go into the strip. The only odd thing I have ever noticed about mine is that the "set" temperature is 7-9 degrees lower than the desired temperature of the hot end of my enclosures. Meaning I have my ranco set at 83 but the flexwatt is staying at 90 or above. If I were to set the ranco at 90 the temps on the hot end would read over 100. I dont really understand this part but they work great for me.

What is your temperature differential set at?


Elise, I've never had any trouble from the Ranco's and I used them with UTH's on tubs...

[BallsUnlimited]

i use the ranco for my rack and herpstat for the incubator. My ranco to keep temps in the 89-91 range is set at 92 on the ranco. check temps daily and there always on. will switch to the herpstat on the rack as soon as i get around to ordering another one. I have no problems with the ranco but i like the herpstat a lot better. Plus its always good to have a back up in case anything happens. With 25 snakes id rather be safe then sorry

[Danounet]

i use the ranco for my rack and herpstat for the incubator. My ranco to keep temps in the 89-91 range is set at 92 on the ranco. check temps daily and there always on. will switch to the herpstat on the rack as soon as i get around to ordering another one. I have no problems with the ranco but i like the herpstat a lot better. Plus its always good to have a back up in case anything happens. With 25 snakes id rather be safe then sorry

I have a Ranco for almost a year now and no problems. Works great. Even wired it my self.

It does a great job for the money. But in the RBI rack I switch to, I get different temp readings in different tubs. And even though They are constant, some are 3-4 degrees off each other sometimes. Just annoying for my self really.

Also Im living in a studio now and it makes a ticking noise everytime it turns on and off. It's very loud when the Ranco is brand new. It will take a while for the noise to come down.

I would like to upgrade to a herpstat to give differential t-stats a try, and to have a back up thermostat in case one breaks or anything else like BallsUnlimited said.

[Seru1]

Dan does make a good point about the tick, but I keep mine downstairs. And downstairs I can barely hear it, behind a closed door I doubt I could at all,

[Elise.m]

I don't mind ticks while I sleep... After all, I live 1 block away from the train tracks, and right on a busy street, lol.

[BallsUnlimited]

yeah the ticks dont bother me at all. live a block away from a busy road and cars are forever cutting down my block to beat the light. But im just more of a fan of the proportional thermostats than the on and off. But ranco deff gets two thumbs up in my book. Hasnt given me any problems.

[moravaguy]

one way i found to stop the clicking on and off and to make it more like a herpstat or helix is to run a dimmer knob from like wal mart, set the knob for your wanted temp and then set the ranco for like 5 above and it will kick it off if it gets to hot which is what we are all looking for, its like a poor mans herpstat, but with that said as soon as im not broke all the time i will have herpstats because they do all that with a push of a button.