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02-04-2012, 11:54 PM
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[quote=christyf5;678818]cranked it up to 86, seems there is a wide temperature deviation from what my tank reads. Light seems to be staying on. The whole thing is hooked up to my controller which switches off at 80, so not a huge deal but still annoying.
sometimes the internal temp of the heater rises to the point where it will shut off before the water is up to temp, but it will cool down and turn back on, this should not be a problem, i find the higher wattage heaters are more prone to this, also, if the heater is not in a high flow area
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02-05-2012, 01:35 AM
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 I have been checking it throughout the day and really it never seems to be on but hopefully moving it will help.
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02-05-2012, 02:53 AM
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They're pretty close together now in an area of "moderate" flow, the tank is now at 79F and so is the spot that the heaters are at. Both of them have their indicator lights on. I guess the new heater just needed more flow.
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02-05-2012, 04:53 AM
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That sucks christy hopefully things.are sorted out now. I was on rc the
other day a saw a bunch of peeps had heater issues too, maybe there's a bad batch out there hmmm. I'm concerned as well, i picked up an aqueon 150 for my 33, today the temp dropped from 77 to 74??? so in order to get the temp back i had to turn up the heater to 86 and it has remainned there because if i dial it back then the light goes from green to red, now im freaked that im gonna wake to see bubbles an steam!!!
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02-05-2012, 06:33 AM
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Don't ever buy TOP FIN
I had two TOP FIN heaters. 200w each for my 55G tank. One of them was faulty. It over heated my tank. I lost 6 fishes and 4 expensive Australian SPS. Piece of ****!
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02-05-2012, 03:33 PM
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I would think that is a small heater for that much water.
I have a 300W on 100G of water.
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