Anyone have experience with them? I know the basic one from amazon has two outlets one for heating and one for cooling. Could I theoretically run two aquarium heats off it? Also if my heater has a broken thermostat does it matter? Will it cut it off under whatever perimeters I set? Thanks!
Ink bird controller
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I run them on my tanks, but not the one for cooling (just dual heaters) You could not use it on two tanks as there is only one thermostat. But I guess if you have two same sized tanks in the same room you could probably get away with it. Not worth the risk to save $25 in my opinion.
The controller will kill the power to the heater once the set temperature is met, so as long as the heaters thermostat allows it to run hot it’ll work. If the thermostat is turning off the heater at a cooler temp than you want, then it won’t work.
The controller will kill the power to the heater once the set temperature is met, so as long as the heaters thermostat allows it to run hot it’ll work. If the thermostat is turning off the heater at a cooler temp than you want, then it won’t work.
You do realize that the plugs just allows electricity to turn on and off, right? That there is no actual cooling or heating mechanism per se
Correct and not so correct Haha... it doesnt heat/cool itself but depending on what the temp is only one outlet turns on at a time depending on if it needs to cool or if it needs to heat... you need the dual heat thermometer for 2 heaters to be plugged in
Yeah, I understand that, but I don't think the OP does. I own an Inkbird, so I know exactly how it works.
I do understand yes. Ultimately I need a new heater but the inkbird has many applications outside of the aquarium hobby
