nico Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 I have a heater pad under my fish tank, which has been playing up for a while now, can anybody recommend anybody that can repair these things in Wellington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Is this a commercial one or homemade? Is the thermostat internal or external? How is it playing up? Staying off, or getting too hot? My husband Grant has built these in the past but we are in Blenheim. Perhaps he can offer a DIY solution if he knows more about it. Otherwise, I would have thought any electrician ought to be able to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico Posted July 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 It was a backyard heater, not made by myself. The main problem is the temperature range, it will stop at 25.2 degrees and start again at 19 degrees. I understand that there will be some temperature difference, but not 6.2 degrees, or maybe I'm wrong here. My other heaters (in the tanks) keep the water at a constant 24 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Nico said... > The main problem is the temperature range, it will > stop at 25.2 degrees and start again at 19 degrees... That sounds more like a thermostat problem rather than a heater issue. Try swapping it for one that you know works. You can sometimes get 'Reliant' thermostats at the LFS. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico Posted August 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Finally managed to purchase another Reliant thermostat unit, and replace the faulty one, but my question is; is there anything else on the market in which I can controller the temperature better with my set-up. Let face it the Reliant thermostat is a bit of a hit and miss with the temperature controls. Please bare in mind that I have a heater pad that sits under my tank and the 'Reliant' thermostats sits in the tank. Cheers in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Nico said... > Finally managed to purchase another Reliant thermostat > unit, and replace the faulty one, but my question is; is > there anything else on the market in which I can controller > the temperature better with my set-up. Let face it the Reliant > thermostat is a bit of a hit and miss with the temperature controls. I use Reliant thermostats on all my heating pads (including tanks in the fishroom, my snakeneck turtle tank, and Nepenthes terraria indoors) and find they do a pretty good job at keeping the temperature where I want it. Every couple of years one kharks it but only once have I lost fish because of it and that was about 5 years ago. Any other temperature control method ('electronic' thermostats etc) seem a lot more expensive and hard to source and/or replace. YMMV, though. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 I believe ours is a reliant too and has been going for a numbre of years now with no problems (fins crossed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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