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I use a rheostat with my Che.
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Re: Herpstat or rheostat?
 Originally Posted by Bogertophis
And you should work on your reading comprehension. There is more than one way to do things effectively, depending on what you are working with
and one's level of experience and personal involvement. The world is not "one size fits all". Have a nice day. 
A rheostat may work, but it's not as effective as an actual thermostat. If you want to talk about comprehension, go comprehend the difference in how a rheostat works versus a thermostat. Then after you're done with that, comprehend the pros and cons of both as well as the risk.
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Re: Herpstat or rheostat?
Another thing to keep in mind, a Rheostat is essentially a variable potentiometer and if it fails, it breaks the circuit and you will lose all heat; it wont go full blast and get too hot.
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Re: Herpstat or rheostat?
Originally Posted by Spechal
Another thing to keep in mind, a Rheostat is essentially a variable potentiometer and if it fails, it breaks the circuit and you will lose all heat; it wont go full blast and get too hot.
I have yet to see one fail during use, much less go "full blast" & I can assure all of you that in 33 years of keeping more snakes than I can count, I have never over-heated even one, & my snakes tend to live long healthy lives. As I said earlier, the only rheos I've seen "fail" were maybe 2 that were jostled during moving & failed to come on at all...obviously a loose connection.
I am not discouraging anyone from using thermostats though...that's not what I said either.
Last edited by Bogertophis; 05-14-2018 at 12:06 AM.
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