jkeysers
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Anybody have any experience with these? I bought one of these a few months ago and it’s been absolutely brilliant.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-White-Digital-Thermostat-for-Reptile-Snake-Aquarium-Mat-Lamp-2000W-/111798979290?hash=item1a07bd0ada:g:X8oAAOSwI-BWIOFY
Coupled with a cheap reptile heater mat its kept my brew fridge at a cosy 18 degrees throughout Winter and Spring, with little more than a 0.1 degree fluctuation. Brilliant. You just run the probe inside the fridge, set your temperature and if the ambient temp in the fridge drops it’ll power the heater mat until it’s right, then shut it off.
The only problem is with summer coming, the weather is getting warmer and I’m no longer able to use it. My thermostat is designed for heating only it seems. What I want is one that will do the same, but with cooling. So if the temperature ambient temp in the fridge *increases*, it’ll power the fridge to cool it down. Looks as if these do exist;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-LCD-Thermostat-Temperature-Controller-Aquarium-Refrigerator-Incubator-/121538259667?hash=item1c4c3eaad3:m:mKWNnh6i4_M2f___TAKYTTQ
And bizzarely, this one looks identical to mine;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-Refrigerator-Thermostat-Aquarium-Greenhouse-Temperature-Controller-SOZ-/171954623106?hash=item28094b5282:g:BA0AAOSw0HVWDNL1
It claims it does cooling as well, but doesn’t say how. It’s certainly not in the instructions for mine, it might be an updated model?
Thinking about pulling the trigger on the one in the 2nd link. Just wondering what people on AHB use. I’ve already bought one which I’m about to replace, figured I’m better off asking rather than looking again in a few months for yet another one because there was a feature I forgot I needed. I know everyone is fond of the STC-1000, but it looks a little scary to me. And unless I'm mistaken, they don't allow me to warm the fridge through the cold Melbourne winters like my current setup does?
I like this option because it is extremely simple, not to mention nice and cheap.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-White-Digital-Thermostat-for-Reptile-Snake-Aquarium-Mat-Lamp-2000W-/111798979290?hash=item1a07bd0ada:g:X8oAAOSwI-BWIOFY
Coupled with a cheap reptile heater mat its kept my brew fridge at a cosy 18 degrees throughout Winter and Spring, with little more than a 0.1 degree fluctuation. Brilliant. You just run the probe inside the fridge, set your temperature and if the ambient temp in the fridge drops it’ll power the heater mat until it’s right, then shut it off.
The only problem is with summer coming, the weather is getting warmer and I’m no longer able to use it. My thermostat is designed for heating only it seems. What I want is one that will do the same, but with cooling. So if the temperature ambient temp in the fridge *increases*, it’ll power the fridge to cool it down. Looks as if these do exist;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-LCD-Thermostat-Temperature-Controller-Aquarium-Refrigerator-Incubator-/121538259667?hash=item1c4c3eaad3:m:mKWNnh6i4_M2f___TAKYTTQ
And bizzarely, this one looks identical to mine;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-Refrigerator-Thermostat-Aquarium-Greenhouse-Temperature-Controller-SOZ-/171954623106?hash=item28094b5282:g:BA0AAOSw0HVWDNL1
It claims it does cooling as well, but doesn’t say how. It’s certainly not in the instructions for mine, it might be an updated model?
Thinking about pulling the trigger on the one in the 2nd link. Just wondering what people on AHB use. I’ve already bought one which I’m about to replace, figured I’m better off asking rather than looking again in a few months for yet another one because there was a feature I forgot I needed. I know everyone is fond of the STC-1000, but it looks a little scary to me. And unless I'm mistaken, they don't allow me to warm the fridge through the cold Melbourne winters like my current setup does?
I like this option because it is extremely simple, not to mention nice and cheap.