Thermostat.....You really do get what you pay for.

[gman8585]

i bought one of those bah 1000 big apple on/off thermostats....wouldnt recommend it, inaccurate, and cheesy, i barely even dare to leave it on. just bought a herpstat ND,just have to wait it out till then. heating devices plugged into a thermostat should always be the a same size /watts from my understanding!

[English-bulldog]

yea, too bad, or I would have only needed 1 ranco.

[AkHerps]

Yeah, all that's going to be in mine once I get it and wire it is 3" flex watt.

[ChuckSM]

Yea just get a multi plug adapter and you can have more than one pad plugged in. As for the one / off, most of them do that in one fashion or another. O and use a surge protector as a just in case no matter what you use.

I have the hydrofarm, I plugged an extension cord into mine, it controls 3 racks perfectly. you could get a grounded plug adapter from HD and plug a 6 slot power strip into it, simple solution

[AkHerps]

What do you mean by use a surge protector? As in, plug the heat source into the surge protector, or plug the thermostat into a surge protector?

[axeman569]

Do a search for homebrewing beer. They use both the Johnson and Ranco and have wiring diagrams for both. I have wired 3 ranco's for my beer fridge. They are very easy to wire.

[English-bulldog]

Do a search for homebrewing beer. They use both the Johnson and Ranco and have wiring diagrams for both. I have wired 3 ranco's for my beer fridge. They are very easy to wire.

3 for just one fridge?

[English-bulldog]

It will be in, in the morning...

Fast shipper.

[AkHerps]

Mine will also be here tomorrow...

[Wh00h0069]

If you are running two different types of heat tape, or different sizes of the same heat tape, then you will either need two thermostats, or one that has two outputs. I suggest the Herpstat II.