Thermostat Help

[prairiepanda]

Originally Posted by Princess-dad

electronic t stat $16.00 USA dollars cover plate $2.50 outlet $3.50 common cheap plastic 2 switch box $3.00 . How to and where to get videos all over internet . U Tube roughly $ 25.00 + soldering skills

Where'd you get such a cheap tstat??? I haven't been able to find one for less than $50 and yes I've looked online

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

Where'd you get such a cheap tstat??? I haven't been able to find one for less than $50 and yes I've looked online

amazon.ca has them,

Edited to add: I just bought a hydrofarm jumpstart for 44CAD

[prairiepanda]

Originally Posted by lady_bug87

amazon.ca has them,

Edited to add: I just bought a hydrofarm jumpstart for 44CAD

Okay, it looks it Amazon has gotten waaaay more variety for tstats since I last looked! That jumpstart one was the cheapest I could find back then(it came to $50 with tax...I should have ordered it shipped to my moms house in Alberta to save on tax lol)

There's a lot of cheap ones on there now(one is even $12! And I did see the one princess-dad uses for $20), but most of them don't appear to have probes? How does that work?

[Princess-dad]

The temp sensor needs to be fixed to your heating pad mat flexwatt , if you are using to control your under tank heater , If being used to control a ceramic heat emitter or a heat lamp it should be mounted a close to the area you are heating .ie basking spot . Ok thats the under side of the corns house . That is the sensor bulb taped to the center of a commercial UTH . The idea is to never let the pad itself get above target temp you set on t-stat .The other pic is just the back of the t-stat set up I built it sjows the sensor wire coming out the back. . That way the warming spot never gets hot enough to burn your buddy , or burn itself out . I recently had to replace a commercial heater that had detached itself from the tanks bottom it got so hot it cracked the tank and burned a hole in itself . I have seen many opinions on the proper way to attach sensor to heat pad . This is how I am doing it at this time I am using Nashua 322 foil tape tape the same that I have seen recommended to attach flexwatt to tanks .

[Princess-dad]

Sorry I miss read if the dont have probes listed as in the package see if they are trying to sell u a sensor . I have had several of these t-stats on order from China they dont have a cooling relay in them just a heating relay . when if they come in ill contact you if you are interested I am only mentioning this beacause I ordered these that are coming and well they took way to long getting here I assumed that the vendor had cheated me , so I ordered two more from Amazon . I wont really need the other eight temp controllers when they finally get here .

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

Okay, it looks it Amazon has gotten waaaay more variety for tstats since I last looked! That jumpstart one was the cheapest I could find back then(it came to $50 with tax...I should have ordered it shipped to my moms house in Alberta to save on tax lol)

There's a lot of cheap ones on there now(one is even $12! And I did see the one princess-dad uses for $20), but most of them don't appear to have probes? How does that work?

They're compatible with different types of sensors for the 20 dollar ones you'd be doing all the wiring.