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Old 12-08-2006, 03:11 AM
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I have three of them. One controller crapped out and wouldn't turn on at all, another crapped out and wouldn't turn off, the third still works fine. I cut the heater portion off of the controller on the two defective ones, installed standard plugs and now operate them with my Aquatronica. They work great now. Biggest advantage is no risk of glass breakage, but they seem to be no more reliable than standard heaters, perhaps even less.
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Old 12-08-2006, 03:23 AM
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I have had two of them as well and they both crapped out on me within 6 months of use. I unfortunatly wasn't as smart as BMWrider and tossed them out.
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Old 12-08-2006, 02:37 PM
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Won Brothers! Thats the one. I couldn't remember the name.

This wasn't really a review, I just wanted to see if other were haveing problems with tese types of heaters. I'm not going to try the "how fast will it burn a hole in my hand" test, I'll just stick with my provin Ebo's.

Thanks everyone for your input.
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