rack temperature

[dsirkle]

Yes I now agree that the change in room temperature that will be occuring would make the tub temperatures too unstable. The solution is a higher (and controlled) room temp.

[dsirkle]

Don't hook your heater up to the Ranco that controls your flex in your racks.
I purchased a seperate Ranco just for the heater. I understand heaters have their own t=stats built in but it was suggested to me as a safety precaution to keep the room from getting to hot in case the heater t-stat stuck or the room/outside temps change.
The t-stat on the heater is just to cool the heater down it is not affected by room temps. So say you got a heatwave and the room/outside temps went up into the 80's your heater would still run where as on the Ranco when the room temp hit 80 or whatever it was set at it would cut it off.



This picture you can see the Ranco in the back on the wall and look to the right on the front of the rack and you can see how I have the probe from the Ranco that the heater is plugged in.

Yes that makes good sense too!

[dsirkle]

An update to this is that after adding a space heater to the room I have found that the flexwatt will do its job without a super high thermostat setting if the room is kept at 71 degrees. At 66 degrees it just isnt warm enough. Thanks to all who gave advice.