Heater Controller?

[TaylorLee]

Can any one recommend me to a decent heater controller? My setup will consist of 3 heaters and a desktop fan. I was referred to use them by a friend and i dont know exactly what im looking for.
Thanks!
-Taylor

 

[Loki]

Wow... Why three heaters? With that many outlets you may want a tank controller. You can get a reef keeper lite for around $125 new that will run all three heaters and one other thing (it has 4 plug ins).

If you go that route I would recommend getting one heater and use the other three outlets for lights and other stuff.

Digital Aquatics reef keeper lite


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[TaylorLee]

its out in my garage. 1 for a chiller and 3 for the heaters. Its a 125 gallon tank. total volume about 170 gallons of water so its a lot to heat and cool.

 

[Loki]

I have a 500w heater in my 120 and it does just fine. It's not in my garage but I couldn't imagine having 3 heaters.

Anyways. Yes look into the reef keeper. It will have a temp probe with it and you can set it to turn the heaters and chiller on when needed or at different temps. It's rather cool.


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[TaylorLee]

Thanks I do believe I will get the reef keeper lite. I'm liking it a lot! Thanks Loki!

 

[mainereefer]

dont use a heater on a rk it will burn out the plug on the pc4 !! I have a rk and after doing some reading I bought a blueline controller

 

[AZDesertRat]

The Reefkeeper Lite is a good option. Just make sure you install the heater on the recommended outlet, some are digital and others are mechanical so can handle a higher load.

 

[mainereefer]

I have sent 2 pc4 strips back. I used the recommended outlet for the heater just like I use the recommended outlets for my led's the problem is any heater 250w or higher will burn the outlet out
so I bought a blueline controller it will run up to 1000w of heater