Best thermoatat?

[brillobee]

What is the best thermostat for a rhinoraxx?

 

[abrahamavelar]

u could use a hydrofarm mtprtc digital thermostat for heat mat its about 30 dollars and its digital, chick this vid this guy is using it on his rack

http://youtu.be/X9FWeX1TkWg

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

I love Spyder Robotics Herpstats and have had many working non stop for 5+ years and NEVER a single issue

 

[katie_]

How do the thermostats work?

 

[abrahamavelar]

well in this case they have a prove that u put in the place where you would like to regulate (in this case above the uth area) and u plug mat the thermostat and when it gets to the temp u set it to be the highest it will turn off if it goes avove that and kick back on at certain temp that you set it up....... or something like that, like the thermostat in a fish tank heater it will turn off when it gets to the right tem and turn on when it gets too cold

 

[Pinned27]

you set them to a certain temp, once the probe reads that its at that temp it turn the thermostat off, then when it reads that it has dropped down a couple degrees, prolly like 2-3 it will kick back on to get it back to your desired temp.

 

[abrahamavelar]

exsactly!!!!

 

[OnlineGeckos]

I love Spyder Robotics Herpstats and have had many working non stop for 5+ years and NEVER a single issue

+1, Herpstats are great for rack systems. It's a proportional thermostat so it doesn't turn on/off all the time like non-proportional thermostats.

 

[katie_]

WIll one thermostat do several tanks?

 

[Pinned27]

if all the heat mats are the same watts/amps, then yea. you have to get a multi plug adapter for the thermostat to connect them all to it.
but if the heat maps are different, then no.

 

[abrahamavelar]

well i would think yeah but then again some heat mats of the same size heat up differently i mean one of my friends has the sxact same as mine and it always stays at 92 with paper towels and mine with the towels it aways got to 100

 

[abrahamavelar]

but aslong as its not too much of a difference i would say its ok