Yeah I would tend to agree with ya I wouldn't think just a few inches open would make that much of a difference. I can't say for sure though, worth a try through covering it and seeing what happens.
Heaters for 240gallon
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Yeah I would tend to agree with ya I wouldn't think just a few inches open would make that much of a difference. I can't say for sure though, worth a try through covering it and seeing what happens.
Do you ever use the cooling side? Or was the wrong model bought by mistake. For the price you should think about getting the double heat model. Every time the heat comes one it alternates heaters.
I have a 180 display with a 40 gallon uncovered sump. House in winter is kept at 68-70 degrees. i have 2 -150 watt heaters that keep the tank pinned at 80 degrees. Even last week when it was -5 with windchill of -32 in Massachusetts.
I bought the 308 model because the guys over on SimplyDiscus recommended getting it over the 306 model because some of them had problems with the 306. I use two 300W AquaTop glass heaters, and I don’t mind that they both come on at the same time. Plus, in the winter time, my water usually drops up to 10 during a water change, because I have to use part hose water to finish filling it, and the hose water gets down near 40-45 here. In the summer though, the water is 70 and I can use it without the need to supplement it with hot water.
Do you recall what problems they were having? Was about to grab a 306 as its a bit cheaper and already has dual heat outlets. You would think the two models would essentially work the same...
Can someone explain to me how the heat/heat version works compared to the cool/heat version? Is there a high setting in the unit that would turn the cooler on when the tank reaches a high temp?
I think they were having some failure issues, but I don’t know if it was unit failure or probe failure. They are supposed to operate the same as far as heating goes.
The heat/heat version is just a heater version with two heat outlets. I believe you can set the heat outlets to different channels so each one operates under different parameters , but you don’t have to.
The heat/cool version has an outlet for heating and an outlet for cooling. You plug a heater into the heat outlet and a chiller into the cool outlet. Then, say your temp is at 80 on an outside tank, and the temp differential is set to 1 degree. If it gets cool and the tank drops to 79, then it will kick the heater on until it gets back up to 80. Likewise, if it gets warmer out and the tank gets up to 81, the InkBird will turn the chiller on until the temp gets back down to 80.
So I reset the InkBird to factory and reconfigured to the 1 degree differential. It kicked on right away, as the temp had gotten down to 77.5.
I guess I was more so hoping it would maintaIn 80.0, as in it dropped below 80.0, let me kick the heaters in again or even .5 degrees, it kind of irks me that it has to drop an entire degree before it will turn them back on.
I guess I was more so hoping it would maintaIn 80.0, as in it dropped below 80.0, let me kick the heaters in again or even .5 degrees, it kind of irks me that it has to drop an entire degree before it will turn them back on.
