thermostat ?

[jonesy72]

Hey all .. im new here .ive had reptiles in my younger days lol .but have found my love for them again. im seeming to be really liking the ball pythons .and am soon to build a rack .. but for now all i have is a 2010 male normal.. (hes doing very well) .but in my past i never used thermostats.so after reading here and checking my uth its too hot . so i ordered
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product
although i only have one to run . can this stat run multiple heat sources?
thanks all

[moravaguy]

yeah its grounded so you can plug up a bar and use it for more plugs BUT FIRST make sure you dont go over the watt limit. and then let me know how it work cuz i like the way that looks.

[Adam Chandler]

Hey all .. im new here .ive had reptiles in my younger days lol .but have found my love for them again. im seeming to be really liking the ball pythons .and am soon to build a rack .. but for now all i have is a 2010 male normal.. (hes doing very well) .but in my past i never used thermostats.so after reading here and checking my uth its too hot . so i ordered
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product
although i only have one to run . can this stat run multiple heat sources?
thanks all

You cannot use that 1 thermostat for both your UTH and rack if that is what you are asking.

You can however use just 1 thermostat for your rack as long you are using a uniform amount of heat tape (flexwatt) for each row. (If you have any questions about installing the flexwatt you can check out www.reptilebasics.com/flexwatt-faq.html)

Just a recommendation but I highly recommend getting the Herpstat for controlling the temperature of a entire rack.
I think that cheap amazon one may be fine for use with a UTH but I personally would not trust such a cheap thermostat for an entire rack. The Herpstat can handle 500 watt which is more than enough for your rack so you can plug all your rows in it. Also it is reasonably priced.

If you want one cheaper than the herpstat I would recommend the Ranco Theromstat you can get at www.reptilebasics.com/thermostats/
If you have any thermostat questions you can check out www.reptilebasics.com/thermostat-faq.html for some good info.

[moravaguy]

well not all of us can afford herpstats and such so we have to try other things and this unit looks pretty good to me it reminds me of a bulked up reptitherm 500 and it holds 500 watts also just like the herpstat, so why wouldnt this work?

[moravaguy]

http://www.hydroasis.com/hy/productdetail.aspx?id=375


heres a link that explains more about it. it made me order one im gonna try it out myself seems to be really good thanks OP for showing me this

[jonesy72]

You cannot use that 1 thermostat for both your UTH and rack if that is what you are asking.

You can however use just 1 thermostat for your rack as long you are using a uniform amount of heat tape (flexwatt) for each row. (If you have any questions about installing the flexwatt you can check out www.reptilebasics.com/flexwatt-faq.html)

Just a recommendation but I highly recommend getting the Herpstat for controlling the temperature of a entire rack.
I think that cheap amazon one may be fine for use with a UTH but I personally would not trust such a cheap thermostat for an entire rack. The Herpstat can handle 500 watt which is more than enough for your rack so you can plug all your rows in it. Also it is reasonably priced.

If you want one cheaper than the herpstat I would recommend the Ranco Theromstat you can get at www.reptilebasics.com/thermostats/
If you have any thermostat questions you can check out www.reptilebasics.com/thermostat-faq.html for some good info.

i guess i should have made this more clear.. for now ill just be useing this with one uth.. the main reason why i ordered this stat was for one uth. ive read here that its pretty good for the price.. BUT when i do build my rack .. is what i was meaning ..would this stat handle mulitple flexwatt to run the rack only ..later on ofcourse..Also thanks agent73 for the other options ill also be looking into that aswell..as i progress my collection

[jonesy72]

http://www.hydroasis.com/hy/productdetail.aspx?id=375


heres a link that explains more about it. it made me order one im gonna try it out myself seems to be really good thanks OP for showing me this

thanks for the link .there was a post i read that the poster was talking about these so i ordered one..should be here tomorrow..we shall see how it works..

[Gloryhound]

According to the info listed it should be able to handle a rack. Out of the reviews listed it looks like three out of nine ratings were bad. One of them was a person not reading the specs of the unit and made a personal bad choice and the other two sound like they had a defective units. Since most people don't rate products that work as they should and dissatisfied customers are the most likely to rate an item it could very well be worth giving it a try. I would just be very careful as I just have not seen much info on the use of this in the reptile community. Granted of course when you look you don't see much feed back in the community on Habistat or Thermocontrol along with a big list of others. My experience to date though has been you get what you pay for.

[kitedemon]

I found the manual here,

http://www.hydrofarm.com/downloads/f...TC_instr09.pdf

It looks like a on off style of thermostat basically a 500r with a digital readout. The probe looks to be a large ball it might be hard to tape anywhere. The other point the shutoff at 108 seems fine unless plan on taping the probe on the heat mat directly than depending on the enclosure it may be on the low side. On my Sly enclosure (like a vision) my herpstat is set to 106ºF and the inside sits at 90ºF. The unit in question would manage barely. If it was a different material maybe not. Just my two cents worth the price is very good!

[j_h_smith]

I found the manual here,

http://www.hydrofarm.com/downloads/f...TC_instr09.pdf

It looks like a on off style of thermostat basically a 500r with a digital readout. The probe looks to be a large ball it might be hard to tape anywhere. The other point the shutoff at 108 seems fine unless plan on taping the probe on the heat mat directly than depending on the enclosure it may be on the low side. On my Sly enclosure (like a vision) my herpstat is set to 106ºF and the inside sits at 90ºF. The unit in question would manage barely. If it was a different material maybe not. Just my two cents worth the price is very good!

The probe is about 1 inch long and less than 1/4" thick. It is cylindical, not ball shaped. The ball shape you may be referring to is the suction cup that can be used to hold the probe in place. I cut the suction cup off and used metallic tape to secure the probe to my heat tape.

I like mine and for less than $30, how can you go wrong for an on/off thermostat?

Jim Smith