Use a Rheostat & a Thermostat!

[Hugsplox]

Funny how everyone jumps to conclusions and makes me out to be a dirtbag trying to save a couple bucks who has no regard for the safety of my animals.

I personally switched over from herpstats to inkbird-wifi stats.
I can monitor and adjust my temps from anywhere, an alarm on my phone goes off if my internet or power go out for greater than 30 minutes, I also get an alarm if the temperatures go too high or too low.

While it doesn't happen often, Herpstats have the ability to fail in the on position as well, one of mine did and I'm certainly not the only one.

No need to get defensive, no one said you were doing anything wrong, just responding to you and offering opinions/looking for some clarification. We have a lot of newer keepers here that may take a process that makes perfect sense to you, twist it up trying to use it, and end up with an issue. You start daisy chaining equipment together not knowing what you're doing is a recipe for disaster.

As far as Inkbird thermostats, I've never used them myself. I've heard good things, but I've always used Jumpstart, and most of my backup thermostats in my supply closet are Jumpstarts. Now I've moved most of my crew over to Herpstats because if something goes wrong, they're going to turn off. This works fine for me because I work from home, and them being cool for a few minutes while I grab a backup thermostat isn't going to hurt anything.

Apologies if you thought I was saying you were doing something incorrectly, wasn't my intention.