Herpstat trouble shooted. Tested and succeeded. Safe to put back in?

[danielwilu2525]

Oh boy

Has anyone else used Herpstat 2 ? Ever any issues ?

Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't just go to the "double Ranco" method that Boaphiles recommends (and sells).

I was really happy about ordering a Herpstat because they get good reviews, but I'm second guessing getting one thermostat to run everything. If it fails..then everything goes down ..

Does yours have a warning signal ? Did it go off ?? Did something shut down before getting to hot ?? I thought they had safety measures built in..

yes mine does come with the warning signal. I actually didn't know which setting was the one to turn on the "shut off before it gets too hot" but I know it's in there somewhere. I need to find it soon, especially now.

[Sauzo]

yes mine does come with the warning signal. I actually didn't know which setting was the one to turn on the "shut off before it gets too hot" but I know it's in there somewhere. I need to find it soon, especially now.

Go to "output configuration". Then go to "Hi/Low alarm". Then you can turn it on or off and also set the Hi and Low temps you want before it trips the alarm and shuts power off.

[zina10]

Thank you ! I feel better now..

[danielwilu2525]

Go to "output configuration". Then go to "Hi/Low alarm". Then you can turn it on or off and also set the Hi and Low temps you want before it trips the alarm and shuts power off.

Thanks Sauzo! Always a help

[CALM Pythons]

I plan on plugging my incubator AND my Rack that contains all my 6 year old beloved BP's into that Herpstat.

If I had a failure like this, it would be devastating.

I know it can happen with "any" thermostat, but to read this a few hours after I ordered one is a bit concerning. Now I wonder if I shouldn't have rather ordered 2 separate ones rather then one that runs 2 setups..

I run Herpstat 2's and they have been flawless....IMO they are the best on the market.. Sounds like a fluke problem Daniel has or maybe the settings that Lock from previous owner.. I
Hope the MASTER RESET & then reprograming it to your settings fixes the problem as Ive never read a bad review.

[danielwilu2525]

I've got 4 Herpstats. 1 Herpstat 2 redline, 1 Herpstat 2 normal, 1 Herpstat 1 redline and 1 herpstat 1 normal and mine have been fine for over 4 years now. If they fail, they fail in the off position and/or you can set the safeties.

As for the OP, did you make sure the Hi/Low temp levels were set to your settings? If you got this used, as you found out, you need to hit the master reset to reset everything to default. Then go through each menu and set everything to YOUR settings.

Setting it to 90 and then it not going over 78 sounds like the pervious owner had the IO set to max at 78 which would explain why it wouldn't heat over 90 until you raised the Hi temp level to 90 or what I do, is 10F over what I want for a max level.

Yeah I set everything to what a ball python would need. Right now the hot spot is at 89-90. It's good for now, lets hope it's the same for the morning...

[danielwilu2525]

I run Herpstat 2's and they have been flawless....IMO they are the best on the market.. Sounds like a fluke problem Daniel has or maybe the settings that Lock from previous owner.. I
Hope the MASTER RESET & then reprograming it to your settings fixes the problem as Ive never read a bad review.

Yeah that's what I did. However it still didn't heat up, it did when I disabled the IO. I'll have to look into it. The herpstat was flawless up until now so.

[Sauzo]

Yeah that's what I did. However it still didn't heat up, it did when I disabled the IO. I'll have to look into it. The herpstat was flawless up until now so.

Sounds like maybe a probe issue? Do you have another Herpstat you can switch probes with? Then turn the IO safety back on and see if it still cuts power?

[Reinz]

Oh boy

Has anyone else used Herpstat 2 ? Ever any issues ?

Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't just go to the "double Ranco" method that Boaphiles recommends (and sells).

I was really happy about ordering a Herpstat because they get good reviews, but I'm second guessing getting one thermostat to run everything. If it fails..then everything goes down ..

Does yours have a warning signal ? Did it go off ?? Did something shut down before getting to hot ?? I thought they had safety measures built in..

I have 2 H2's, an H4, and an H6, all without issues.

Sounds to me like the OP is having probe placement issues or a bad probe.

[CALM Pythons]

Daniel any Update this morning? In fact what everyone else said about a probe issue sounds correct. You can replace thows of course.