jameson_uk
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to;Dr looking for heater recommendations and how long I should expect a heater to last
Not sure if I have just been unlucky or whether something else is at play but I am now looking for a third heater in six months.
I had a Juwel 200w heater that came with the tank but it died after two years and just stopped heating. This was back in May and I ended up getting an Oase 200w heater (I wanted two 100w but LFS only had 200w+ in stock). This seemed great, it seemed to keep temps around +/- 0.5 °C. A few weeks ago this died whilst I was away. As seems to be the story of my heaters I managed to get to a Maidstone I spotted on the way home just as it was closing and picked up one of their 200w Aqua LCD Smart heaters which was about all they had in stock.
This heater has an LCD display which shows the temperature (and is quite annoying) and an external switch to set the temperature. I came down the other day and noticed it was saying 29°C (heater was set to 26°C which was giving me a temperature of about 23.5°C to 25.5°C ) so I panicked but noticed that the tank temperature was actually ~22°C. I ended up turning the heater up to 29°C which raises the tank to about 25°C. The thermostat then decided to kick in again last night and the tank rose to about 28°C. Turned the heater down and it is now about 23°C.
So I am on the lookout for heaters again (annoyingly Amazon don't do a great selection so I will be racing to LFS again...). Any recommendations on heaters?
How long should I be there expecting a heater to last?
The only thing I did think is that I normally turn the filter off when feeding. This is actually turning the four gang off which has filter, heater and powerhead attached. I guess they aren't really designed for constant switching but I have would have thought once a day shouldn't cause any issues?
Not sure if I have just been unlucky or whether something else is at play but I am now looking for a third heater in six months.
I had a Juwel 200w heater that came with the tank but it died after two years and just stopped heating. This was back in May and I ended up getting an Oase 200w heater (I wanted two 100w but LFS only had 200w+ in stock). This seemed great, it seemed to keep temps around +/- 0.5 °C. A few weeks ago this died whilst I was away. As seems to be the story of my heaters I managed to get to a Maidstone I spotted on the way home just as it was closing and picked up one of their 200w Aqua LCD Smart heaters which was about all they had in stock.
This heater has an LCD display which shows the temperature (and is quite annoying) and an external switch to set the temperature. I came down the other day and noticed it was saying 29°C (heater was set to 26°C which was giving me a temperature of about 23.5°C to 25.5°C ) so I panicked but noticed that the tank temperature was actually ~22°C. I ended up turning the heater up to 29°C which raises the tank to about 25°C. The thermostat then decided to kick in again last night and the tank rose to about 28°C. Turned the heater down and it is now about 23°C.
So I am on the lookout for heaters again (annoyingly Amazon don't do a great selection so I will be racing to LFS again...). Any recommendations on heaters?
How long should I be there expecting a heater to last?
The only thing I did think is that I normally turn the filter off when feeding. This is actually turning the four gang off which has filter, heater and powerhead attached. I guess they aren't really designed for constant switching but I have would have thought once a day shouldn't cause any issues?