Heater

[Littlepalm173]

Hey there,

I wanted to ask about primary control of heaters. I have a cobalt 300 on my system, and it is incredibly steady, keeping the temperature at exactly 79. (I saw on BRStv that they seem to be rock steady heaters/controllers out of the box)

So I have my Apex set at higher settings to primarily use the native heater controller. Is this OK?

Or should I turn the heater's controller up (to ~82) and rely on the apex to switch the heater on and off?

What do you guys do?

John

 

[Kryssie]

Following. I have the same heaters in a RSR 350.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Following as well. I have the neotherm 300 on my apex and was wondering the same. @Terence might have some insight for us

 

[Water Dog]

When I ran Neotherms, I let the heater do the primary temperature control and let my Apex control the secondary safety boundaries. I plan to do the same for my Aqueon Pros. Let the heater do the heavy lifting and the Apex be the failsafe.

 

[garbled]

My answer is whatever gives you the most stability. If you are getting awesome stability with the builtin control, do that. If you get better stability with the Apex, do that.

 

[Littlepalm173]

Thanks all. I’ll let the neotherm do the heavy lifting. I’m just thoroughly impressed with how well it keeps things steady!