New Heater Recommendation Needed

[SaraB]

I have been running a Won Brothers Pro-Heat II 1000w Titanium heater now for 6 months and I just found that it has stopped heating today. I went from my standard 79.5 degrees down to 75.1. It is still under warranty, but I have read enough threads to know that it is not always a reliable heater and most likely I should replace it. I pulled the plug and put some spare Visi-Therms in to bring the temp back up. Does anyone have suggestions for a new heater ... maybe something with the digital LCD display like this one has as well? Let me know.

Thanks!

Sara

 

[pk1]

I had looked into the same thing, and did not find any ringing endorsements on brand. I have 2 Won brothers digital and a Jalli, all read 2-3 degree's off. From what I have gatherd, Ranco makes a great temp controler, much more accurate than the digital displays, and able to control a few fans//chiller also. Plus it is safer..you can set the Ranco at say 80..if it fails have the heaters set at 82 or so..

 

[ostrow]

I like the Finnex I have. PA swears by them. Got the one with the separate controller.

 

[~ChrisB~]

I would keep the Won heater, but purchase a Ranco controller. Works well for many of us reefers.


Chris

 

[Rod Buehler]

I also like the ranco controllers. Or any of the nicer controllers. I have a Ranco that I have been using for years. I also like the Reef keeper ciontrollers from Digital aquatics. I am not a big fan of titanium heaters. Especially the WON brothers. I did break down and am trying another Finnex.. so far so good.. My favorite heater is the good ole ebo-jager.

 

[SaraB]

Thanks all for the recommendations. I will get the Ranco Controller on order today and pick up another spare heater as well for while the WON is out on repair.

 

[SaraB]

Can someone please let me know who sells the Ranco Controller? I checked Premium Aquatics and Marine Depot with no luck. Ranco sounds like something you buy "As Seen on TV".

Thanks!

 

[SaraB]

I found the Ranco at Foster & Smith and I have a question regarding the controller. For the single controller it appears that you can only have a single heater plugged into it up to 1000 watts. My WON is a 1000 Watt, but is it okay to have a single heater @ 1000 watts or are two 500 watts better in case "something" goes wrong with the one heater ... like I had happen last night? Also, I don't have a chiller as the basement sump and fuge is my cooling device. My question is, will the single controller meet my needs?

RANCO SPEC's:
Single Stage controls a single device (a heater or chiller) and Dual Stage controls two devices (1 heater and 1 chiller). Displays in Ã"šÃ‚°C or Ã"šÃ‚°F.

Dual: for chillers up to 1/2 HP (115V), and heaters up to 500 watts. $150

Single: for chillers up to 1/2 HP (115V), and heaters up to 1,000 watts. $90

 

[svb57]

Sara,

I have a Medusa controller with (2) 300w heaters plugged into it for redundancy purposes for my 125g set-up. It is rated to 1500w but do not know how it compares to the Ranco controller.

Jim Mc