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Substrate heating coils
I ordered a cable heater for my 135 gallon tank from (what was at the time)
Pet Warehouse, and is now Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. I installed the cables as recommended, being careful not to overlap the coils, and even verified that they were working before I put the substrate in. The cable heater may have worked for a week, since in that time I had difficulty keeping the tank temperature below 81 degrees F. However, shortly after, the cable heater stopped working. I think I paid around $150.00 for the cable I bought. I spoke to the manufacturer regarding the cable, and was chagrined to learn that I would have to break down the tank and send them the cable if I were to get any kind of refund. Not too unreasonable I guess-- though at the time I was really irritated. I mean really, who is going to completely break down a large tank just after setting it up to take out the heating cable. I guess I should have, but I didn't. I was hoping the manufacturer would offer some kind of proxy for when I did break the tank down, but they would not. I guess I can admit that this would be difficult for a small business to implement; however if they did, I would be buying cable heater's from them! At any rate, for those who may be considering heating cables, I say beware of the ones sold at Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. Even though they come with a 1 year waranty, unless you are REALLY willing to break down your tank and strip out the non-working cables, that waranty is worthless. Get some cables that wont go wrong. To the person who started this thread, be SURE to test your cables for a good couple of days before installing the rest of the tank. I would be interested in anyone's perspective on a good brand. How about the dubla cables? I hear the 12 volt cables are better than the ones that plug directly into ac current. They sound safer too.. I have to say also that my tank has been pretty successful for the past two years even without a working cable heater. I question the value of cable heaters, though I know many contributers to this newsgroup swear by them.. |
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Hi Bruce,
I checked the web site of Drs Fosters and it looks like my 100 Watt heater cables that I purchased from a different on-line store are identical to what you have. Next time I will try to get a better quality product (Dupla perhaps). It is very frustrating not because of the money involved but because as you wrote to replace this would involve just way too much work. For the time being in a local pet store I purchased 2 stick-on under-tank-heaters designed for terrariums. They will most likely not do as much for the tank as cable heaters but I'm not ready to redo the whole tank :-( Marvin "BruceKGeist" wrote in message ... I ordered a cable heater for my 135 gallon tank from (what was at the time) Pet Warehouse, and is now Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. I installed the cables as recommended, being careful not to overlap the coils, and even verified that they were working before I put the substrate in. The cable heater may have worked for a week, since in that time I had difficulty keeping the tank temperature below 81 degrees F. However, shortly after, the cable heater stopped working. I think I paid around $150.00 for the cable I bought. I spoke to the manufacturer regarding the cable, and was chagrined to learn that I would have to break down the tank and send them the cable if I were to get any kind of refund. Not too unreasonable I guess-- though at the time I was really irritated. I mean really, who is going to completely break down a large tank just after setting it up to take out the heating cable. I guess I should have, but I didn't. I was hoping the manufacturer would offer some kind of proxy for when I did break the tank down, but they would not. I guess I can admit that this would be difficult for a small business to implement; however if they did, I would be buying cable heater's from them! At any rate, for those who may be considering heating cables, I say beware of the ones sold at Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. Even though they come with a 1 year waranty, unless you are REALLY willing to break down your tank and strip out the non-working cables, that waranty is worthless. Get some cables that wont go wrong. To the person who started this thread, be SURE to test your cables for a good couple of days before installing the rest of the tank. I would be interested in anyone's perspective on a good brand. How about the dubla cables? I hear the 12 volt cables are better than the ones that plug directly into ac current. They sound safer too.. I have to say also that my tank has been pretty successful for the past two years even without a working cable heater. I question the value of cable heaters, though I know many contributers to this newsgroup swear by them.. |
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I just purchased my a set for my second aquarium from Aquatic Ecosystems
online store. They were made by Azoo. The first set have been up and running for over two years. The eating cable was $45.00 the analog controller was about $25.00. Here the link : http://www.aquaticeco.com "Marvin Hlavac" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Hi Bruce, I checked the web site of Drs Fosters and it looks like my 100 Watt heater cables that I purchased from a different on-line store are identical to what you have. Next time I will try to get a better quality product (Dupla perhaps). It is very frustrating not because of the money involved but because as you wrote to replace this would involve just way too much work. For the time being in a local pet store I purchased 2 stick-on under-tank-heaters designed for terrariums. They will most likely not do as much for the tank as cable heaters but I'm not ready to redo the whole tank :-( Marvin "BruceKGeist" wrote in message ... I ordered a cable heater for my 135 gallon tank from (what was at the time) Pet Warehouse, and is now Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. I installed the cables as recommended, being careful not to overlap the coils, and even verified that they were working before I put the substrate in. The cable heater may have worked for a week, since in that time I had difficulty keeping the tank temperature below 81 degrees F. However, shortly after, the cable heater stopped working. I think I paid around $150.00 for the cable I bought. I spoke to the manufacturer regarding the cable, and was chagrined to learn that I would have to break down the tank and send them the cable if I were to get any kind of refund. Not too unreasonable I guess-- though at the time I was really irritated. I mean really, who is going to completely break down a large tank just after setting it up to take out the heating cable. I guess I should have, but I didn't. I was hoping the manufacturer would offer some kind of proxy for when I did break the tank down, but they would not. I guess I can admit that this would be difficult for a small business to implement; however if they did, I would be buying cable heater's from them! At any rate, for those who may be considering heating cables, I say beware of the ones sold at Drs Foster and Smith's Pet Warehouse. Even though they come with a 1 year waranty, unless you are REALLY willing to break down your tank and strip out the non-working cables, that waranty is worthless. Get some cables that wont go wrong. To the person who started this thread, be SURE to test your cables for a good couple of days before installing the rest of the tank. I would be interested in anyone's perspective on a good brand. How about the dubla cables? I hear the 12 volt cables are better than the ones that plug directly into ac current. They sound safer too.. I have to say also that my tank has been pretty successful for the past two years even without a working cable heater. I question the value of cable heaters, though I know many contributers to this newsgroup swear by them.. |
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