Heaters....

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i was thinking of using 2 500w heaters in case one fails on me.Tank is in the garage and insulated. I dont think my plants will survive the warmmer temp above 82. I will be using a Ranco controller for the heaters.I just wanted to knoow what was the best heater on the market as of today.
-Tony

 

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i was thinking of using 2 500w heaters in case one fails on me.Tank is in the garage and insulated. I dont think my plants will survive the warmmer temp above 82. I will be using a Ranco controller for the heaters.I just wanted to knoow what was the best heater on the market as of today.
-Tony

There have been threads on this very subject, and unfortunately, the answer seems to be.....none. It stems from the electronics that's required to produce a high quality unit would be exorbitant in price......something along the line of $300 msrp per unit.

Basically, the heaters that's available to us are cheap quality, regardless of the manufacturer, and is essentially a crab-shoot, whether it will fail or not. This is why you want to safeguard from failure issues by adding separate controllers along with heaters

 

[tonysdiscus]

There have been threads on this very subject, and unfortunately, the answer seems to be.....none. It stems from the electronics that's required to produce a high quality unit would be exorbitant in price......something along the line of $300 msrp per unit.

Basically, the heaters that's available to us are cheap quality, regardless of the manufacturer, and is essentially a crab-shoot, whether it will fail or not. This is why you want to safeguard from failure issues by adding separate controllers along with heaters

That is what i was trying t find out. I had this feeling but was hoping things had changed,lol.. Thank you for you input!!