Is my inkbird faulty

[esoxlucius]

Don't think for one minute you can rest easy just because you have inkbirds. I had them on both my 180's. One of them is OK, can't say anything bad about it yet but i've had nothing but trouble with them on my other 180. I've replaced faulty ones with new ones and had problems with the replacements so i'll not be buying anymore.

So on one of my tanks I now have my last remaining inkbird, which I won't be replacing when it goes wrong. On my other tank i've gone back to relying solely on the ability of the thermostat within my heater. I run juwel aquaheat 300's and they're faultless so far.

But to be honest, because of my past experience, i wouldn't trust ANY heater or temperature controller now. I am extremely wary of them, to such an extent that everytime I pass my tanks I check the thermometer or dangle my fingers in the water or touch the glass, just to be sure that my water isn't stone cold of warm enough to poach my fish.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I have never had trouble with my Eheim Jager heaters, the design is proven and not overly complicated.

 

[CarpCharacin]

If you double the things to go wrong, you double the chance of something going wrong.

 

[bathawk]

It what makes the hobby challenging nothing is 100% I have several thermometers as well so just because I have an inkbird on the tank I will still be wary and be checking . Anything can fail on an aquarium last month I had a 1 year old oase biomaster dump half a tank of water on to my floor and they are supposed to be a good filter I had nothing but trouble with the one I had.

 

[FESHMAN]

It you want to check if the inkbird is providing current when it's supposed to, plug a lamp in the output and hold the coupler in your hand or put it in warm water to heat it. Well the rest is obvious

 

[FESHMAN]

also wait for it to cool and make sure it also turns off

 

[FESHMAN]

So wait, the inkbird is like a temperature controller like what are used for titanium heaters without built in thermostats? Why are you using it with heaters that have built in thermostats?

That's 99% of the heaters sold for aquariums. Most titanium ones come with their own control system.

 

[bathawk]

yes the inkbird if fine the display on the e300w fluval stopped working so I thought the inkbird was the problem I replaced with a m300w that came with a fluval aquarium I bought some years ago.

 

[CarpCharacin]

That's 99% of the heaters sold for aquariums. Most titanium ones come with their own control system.

Wrong, most titanium heaters, usually above 300-500 watts, are just heating elements that use external controllers.

yes the inkbird if fine the display on the e300w fluval stopped working so I thought the inkbird was the problem I replaced with a m300w that came with a fluval aquarium I bought some years ago.

If the display stopped working, I'd say that there is a decent chance that the entire control system of the heater is shot.

 

[FESHMAN]

Wrong, most titanium heaters, usually above 300-500 watts, are just heating elements that use external controllers.

Well, not everyone needs a 300W to 500W heater. One thing I forgot to add is that if you set the thermostatic heater 1 degree above the set temperature of the controller, it'll act as a double safety feature. Let's say your controller crapped out, you have a last line which is the thermostat on the heater, but if in the same scenario you have an 'always on' heater and the controller gave up the ghost, you are guaranteed to cook your fish.
That's my input anyway...