I was doing a wc and had 2 go out I took out too much water in a Ray p bass pond and it smoked my fault for not unplugging them first I put another heater in to replace the 2
Be careful with titanium heaters
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I'm not sure I follow your logic. You over empty your tank (your fault), exposing the heaters which were still switched on (your fault), and then when the exposed heaters start to malfunction, which would be normal given the circumstances, you start a thread stating, "Be careful with titanium heaters", as if the heaters are dodgy!
Heaters can be very dodgy, in fact they're probably the dodgiest bit of kit us hobbyists have to put up with, but credit where credit's due, your heaters seem to taking the flak for your mistakes here.
Or am I reading the intention of your opening post completely wrong?
Heaters can be very dodgy, in fact they're probably the dodgiest bit of kit us hobbyists have to put up with, but credit where credit's due, your heaters seem to taking the flak for your mistakes here.
Or am I reading the intention of your opening post completely wrong?
The title of the thread should read "Be careful with heaters". Unfortunately, you weren't.
Actually, the fact that they were titanium resulted in damage only to the functionality of the heaters, but at least they didn't crack and scatter razor-sharp shards through your tank as a traditional glass heater would have done.
So...if your heaters could talk, they'd probably say...you're welcome!
Actually, the fact that they were titanium resulted in damage only to the functionality of the heaters, but at least they didn't crack and scatter razor-sharp shards through your tank as a traditional glass heater would have done.
So...if your heaters could talk, they'd probably say...you're welcome!
Well it never hurts to have a warning so thanks for that.
I think some people expect the heater to switch off if it overheats as in this situation.
I think a few may shut off in an emergency and if so it might be worth going for one of this type.
Incidentally, I just replaced my heater. I have a 300W for my main tank. I used to run two but it was too much messing about. I now have a prominent but discrete thermometer which I look at twice a day when feeding.
When shopping for ten or so popular heater brands on Amazon UK they all seemed to have similar feedback i.e. 70% five stars down to 6% one star. So all heaters whatever the price seemed to have similar levels of satisfaction.
I therefore purchased at the cheaper end as I think it unlikely that I'm buying a device that is more prone to fail. I could have spent four times more for a heater with go faster stripes
. But as they all had similar feedback it didn't seem necessary.
Longevity does seem a lottery. My last heater lasted two years and the previous one (same brand) lasted six years if my records are correct. The cheap one is off to a good start as it is heating properly so far.
I think some people expect the heater to switch off if it overheats as in this situation.
I think a few may shut off in an emergency and if so it might be worth going for one of this type.
Incidentally, I just replaced my heater. I have a 300W for my main tank. I used to run two but it was too much messing about. I now have a prominent but discrete thermometer which I look at twice a day when feeding.
When shopping for ten or so popular heater brands on Amazon UK they all seemed to have similar feedback i.e. 70% five stars down to 6% one star. So all heaters whatever the price seemed to have similar levels of satisfaction.
I therefore purchased at the cheaper end as I think it unlikely that I'm buying a device that is more prone to fail. I could have spent four times more for a heater with go faster stripes
. But as they all had similar feedback it didn't seem necessary.Longevity does seem a lottery. My last heater lasted two years and the previous one (same brand) lasted six years if my records are correct. The cheap one is off to a good start as it is heating properly so far.
True, same for any heater, but hey, he did say it's his own fault.
Except lights, which I keep on for water changes, my tank equipment is plugged into power strips (a lot of people do this). Simple to switch off while emptying and back on when water level gets near the top.
Except lights, which I keep on for water changes, my tank equipment is plugged into power strips (a lot of people do this). Simple to switch off while emptying and back on when water level gets near the top.
Make sure to put a PVC cage on any heaters your using with rays. Will burn them easily… Prob lucky they didnt melt ur pond either. Close call…
A rheostat could work that way but a thermostat normally wouldn't be designed to sense element temperature.