Re: [GSAS-Member] Do heaters die of old age?

["Hostetter, Kypros" <hostetter2003@lawnet.ucla.edu>]

I have struggled with heaters on one my tanks, when it gets cold they can't
keep up, I went through two visitherm stealths, and another heater, rated
for 55 gallon tanks (my tank is 29 gallon), drove me crazy. Now I have made
an adjustment that has really helped, I have placed the heater right under
(or next to) the intake on my main filter.  Since I have done that, the
temperature is much more stable.  I think water flow must be the key, I had
been keeping the heaters on the opposite end of where my filter intake was.
Just a thought that might help.
Kypros

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com> wrote:
>
> > Kind of random that they would fail at the same time though.  Maybe one
> has
> > been carrying the other for some time.
> >
>
> Neither alone is enough to heat the tank properly on a cold day, so if one
> is dead, or both are ailing, I guess that would do it.
>
> It's also possible that one or both has a bad thermostat mechanism. Neither
> control dial was never very accurate, perhaps one or both has gotten worse
> in the past year.
>
>
>
> >
> > On Dec 7, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote:
> >
> > > It's a 90 gal tank, and they need to keep the tank at most 15F above
> > > ambient. (60F house, 75F tank max)
> > >
> > > I have used these heaters for years already, so it feels like there's
> an
> > > equipment problem.
> >
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