heater gone haywire, its summer in my tank!!!!........CHECK YOUR EQUIPMENT!!!

[kien]

My first ever tank crash was caused by a stuck heater . To solve this I run 3 heaters on a controller. As suggested, the controller will alarm (email, sound, text message) if something is up and will turn off the heaters. They will turn back on if the heat gets too low. In fact, one of my heaters is currently broken in this mode. I just let my controller control it.

[reefwars]

Am def getting a controller for my new set up I'm prett sold on the apex, all in all this will be my first controller and I can't wait it's actually one of next investments for my build

I always keep Two heaters and powerheads on seperate breakers just in case of something bad happens like the fire I had a while back:0
it's a good thing I check my tank reguarly

one of the main ideas for my new set up is I want it to be as auomated as possible with lots of fail safes

[Doug]

Agree on the controller. Only way to go ,IMO. Never mind just the failures, I find my Ebo heaters wander all over the place.

HOWEVER, and I say it like that for a reason. Be aware the controller probes can also be a problem and need changing before going out to lunch. Sheez, I wonder how I know that.