Using more than one heart source for multiple enclosures - Thermostats

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

I'll just use a herpstat 2 for two tubs and a helix for the other.

You aren't talking about flexxwat with one thermostat to heat multiple enclosures though are you? As in a racking system that uses 8 feet of flex watt hooked up to thermostat probe that is taped up directly on the heat tape. So 1 thermostat for a single strip of flex watt heating 8 tubs.

Personally? I wouldnt use this system, dont like tubs at all and even if i did use flexwatt i would have one thermostat per animal

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Personally? I wouldnt use this system, dont like tubs at all and even if i did use flexwatt i would have one thermostat per animal

Damn lol. So I am guessing you don't even use racks. I also house all of my reptiles in actual enclosures. But using tubs/racks is always something I have wanted to try out.

[Lankyrob]

I give each animal as much space as efficiently i can working in the confines of a house. Whilst i understand why people use tubs/racks i dont agree with them for my animals.

[KORBIN5895]

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the hear source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

As for your example of a rack system that is basically how it works. I dint place my probe on the heat tape though as that is not where my animals are .

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the heat source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

This is the most common sense I have read all night.

This is a perfect point, why shortcuts never work. If the "master" heater (the one measured by the thermostat) were to sway either way, the other two follow, laws of physics cannot be broken.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by infernalis

This is the most common sense I have read all night.

This is a perfect point, why shortcuts never work. If the "master" heater (the one measured by the thermostat) were to sway either way, the other two follow, laws of physics cannot be broken.

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I would personally only use one heat source per one probe. What if the hear source taped to the probe ( which is not how I do it) stopped producing heat? the other two would Sky rocket.

As for your example of a rack system that is basically how it works. I dint place my probe on the heat tape though as that is not where my animals are .

I agree. I'll use one probe per heat source.

When using racks/tubs do you still place the probe inside the tub under the warm hide? What do you think of the "popular" way of placing the probe on the heat tape, and seeing what temperature you have to set it to in order to get desired temps on the hotspot? For example setting a thermostat with the probe taped directly to the heat tape to 93F to get a 90F hotspot inside a tub.

[formica]

Be aware of your Power usage, thermostats are not designed to route power to more than one thing, unless they have more than one power outlet, check the max AMP and POWER rating of your thermostat output switch, take off 30%, then figure out if your heaters are higher than that figure - the thermostat switch may not be able to provide enough power, they may over heat and start fires, they may just die/blow fuse because the switch cannot handle the amps being pulled thru it.


But tbh the issue is kinda moot without more than one probe