Hydrofarm thermostat with 6 outlet cord

[Maddumpling]

Is the 6 outlet cord suppose to turn off and on with the heat tape? I dont have 6 outlet cord with my hydrofarm, but before I did but I noticed that the outlet cord would also turn off and on with the heat tape.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Your talking about a power strip right?

The way the hydrofarm works is by applying power and turning it back off... it is equivalent to plugging/unplugging whatever is plugged into it. So if you have a power strip plugged into the hydrofarm it will turn on and off.

[Maddumpling]

i know but do other thermostats do that too like the johnson and ranco?

[JaGv]

yes it will turn off when the heat tape is at the set temp and turn back on when the heat tape cools a couple degrees. only on/off thermostat do that i think 1 of the johnson or ranco do the same.

[The Serpent Merchant]

The Johnsons/ranco will do this. Proportional thermostats will not. Instead they reduce the amount of power going to the heating elements.

Why is this an issue?

[Maddumpling]

No I was just asking because I thought it wasnt normal.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Nope, it's perfectly normal, nothing to worry about.

[kitedemon]

The big difference between johnson/ ranco and a hydrofarm is when it turns on and off johnson and ranco will switch one degree away from the set point. Hydrofarm 3 below and one over the set point. Other than this they are basically the same (build and max power not withstanding)

[Maddumpling]

The big difference between johnson/ ranco and a hydrofarm is when it turns on and off johnson and ranco will switch one degree away from the set point. Hydrofarm 3 below and one over the set point. Other than this they are basically the same (build and max power not withstanding)

Yeah I know about the temperature for the hydrofarm, but I haven't had any problems so far and its been a year with the thermostat and I had no snakes with any injuries or any sicknesses. I will get a Johnson or Herpstat thermostat eventually.