Tragic day for my snakes.

[tcutting]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

[Gc99]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

Exactly the one i was gonna buy, but i received advice from people here and i went for the Jumpstart


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[tcutting]

Exactly the one i was gonna buy, but i received advice from people here and i went for the Jumpstart


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I ran it for 5 years no problem. I wish i had at least some sort of alerting or monitoring to know. everything was reporting fine, although i did not have digital on each tub. not that it would have done anything since I was away for the day.

I was working on a caramel glow project and would frequently use the caramel male and the pastel female to teach my daughters friends about snakes. This was like losing my show case core snakes. Im just so upset about it.

[redshepherd]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.

Oh no.. Yeah, I've learned not to go cheap on thermostats, but thankfully nothing terrible has happened with mine.

I started out the hobby with 3 jumpstarts. They just gradually became very inaccurate, and thankfully I was only able to keep track of this using a digital temp gun. They all became useless/dangerous to use within a year, so I updated to herpstats.

It's really true when people say not to go cheap on thermostats. If you want to invest more money in anything at all, the first thing should be the thermostat.

[highqualityballz]

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat

Theres your problem. If there is something you don't want to skimp on its definitely a thermostat. I recommend vivarium electronics and spyder robotics. I honestly wouldn't trust anything else.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

It's tragic and I am sorry you have to go through that, for years I have warned people about those thermostats and their tendency to fail and when doing so failing wide open. You were lucky to get 5 years out of it way back when I used those (not for snakes) they would fail after a year or two.

I was using https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile...ank+thermostat which did a wonderful job for 5 years. until it didnt. I just check to verify what the failure was, it runs the heat no matter what, and turns the led indicator off once it reaches the set temp. there simply was no way for me to know beyond checking the obvious.