Thermostat rant

[Eric Alan]

You and your fancy Redline model.

[Bcycling]

Just looking on amazon but I don't see the watt rating on them

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NZ...XDNCHY1SWZ45XY

Is this the one you are referring to?

[Eric Alan]

Just looking on amazon but I don't see the watt rating on them

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NZ...XDNCHY1SWZ45XY

Is this the one you are referring to?

Yep - that's the one. The specs are in the product manual: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81rF3YE328S.pdf.

* Do not exceed a total of 1000 watts of heating devices plugged into thermostat.

[Bcycling]

Great thanks. Here is another question. So I got 8 one foot strips of 11" flexwatt at 20 watts a foot. That's 160 watts. If I ever came to the point where I wanted to build another rack could I run them both off the one herpstat? Assuming I use the same length and type of flexwatt.

[Ufoo9k]

Just looking on amazon but I don't see the watt rating on them

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NZ...XDNCHY1SWZ45XY

Is this the one you are referring to?

That's the one I currently have !

So Eric Alan I could get Herpstat 1 or 2 no problem using this one as a backup ? Since they are 700/900watt, right ? Would it be best to get 1 herpstat 2 or 2 herpstat 1 ? Right now I have 2 of these, one for my rack of 1 (hopefully more in spring) and one for quarantine (a friends snake for now).

[Eric Alan]

Great thanks. Here is another question. So I got 8 one foot strips of 11" flexwatt at 20 watts a foot. That's 160 watts. If I ever came to the point where I wanted to build another rack could I run them both off the one herpstat? Assuming I use the same length and type of flexwatt.

Yes.

[Bcycling]

Great thread. Learned a lot! Thanks

[Eric Alan]

That's the one I currently have !

So Eric Alan I could get Herpstat 1 or 2 no problem using this one as a backup ? Since they are 700/900watt, right ? Would it be best to get 1 herpstat 2 or 2 herpstat 1 ? Right now I have 2 of these, one for my rack of 1 (hopefully more in spring) and one for quarantine (a friends snake for now).

The answer, as always, is it depends. If you're thinking "ultimate safety" (the theme of this thread), then you'd need to go with multiple Herpstat 1s and have a backup on each of them. Personally, I'd go with the Herpstat 2 for the price, convenience, reputation, and reliability that Herpstats have.

I'm not even sure how you'd begin to backup a Herpstat 2 or 4...