LF Inexpencive temp controller........

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Dez

My wife is my free temp controller. She monitors the tank temp all day while she's home and if it goes above 80 degrees she turns the fan on. The heater is set at 79 degrees. If it goes above 82 degrees then she proceeds to turn the halides off and leaves the T5's on. You should try it sometime. It works great.

Controller vs Wife

Controller: Wife:
- inexpensive (+1) - expensive
- can't cook - can't cook either, but tries to (+1)
- small footprint (+2) - hogs the whole bed
- can't do laundry - does laundry (+2)
- energy consumption small (+3) - hot baths, hair dryer, curling iron,
- car gas & oil, TV, etc. etc. etc.


Sorry Dez. Gonna stick with my controller!

[fkshiu]

Jehmco sells re-badged and pre-wired Rancos at pretty reasonable prices if e-bay concerns you.

http://www.jehmco.com/html/temperature_controller.html