Habistat Dimming Thermostat 600W White

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Fortunately, I looked a bit harder. Wait – there’s a fuse in the thermostat itself. Perhaps this had blown? I almost did. When attempting to return the fuse to the assembly, if you get it wrong you will bend the metal lugs that hold the fuse in place and provide the conduction surfaces to complete the circuit. All of the Digital Habistat thermostats come with a 12 months manufacturers guarantee. NEW DESIGN – NEW IMPROVED SAFETY FEATURES Dimming thermostats are specially designed thermostats that work with basking bulbs to recreate the natural light of the sun throughout the day. Over a day, the dimming thermostat will steadily increase the brightness and heat of the basking bulbs until it reaches the heat you have set, at which point it will start to decrease the light and heat until it loses the temperature and then starts brightening again. This recreates basking spots in the wild, minimising confusion and stress on your pet. Why should I buy dimming thermostats?

Habistat Digital Dimming Thermostats are sensitive scientific instruments and are vulnerable to heater short circuits that can render the thermostat inoperative. Dimming thermostats are the best way to manage basking lamps. These thermostats protect your pet from overheating and control the temperature in an enclosure in a more natural way than standard on/off thermostats. Most dimming thermostats are a little pricey but they pay off, promoting the health and happiness of your reptile, amphibian or invertebrate. What are the main types of dimming thermostats? The Digital Temperature Thermostat with Day and Night Timer is an On/Off reptile thermostat suitable for almost all applications. This model is not suitable for use with heat bulbs. Hopefully this post saves you having to replace your thermostat quite so often. Blown vivarium bulb is one thing, but replacing the thermostat when a simple fuse has blown is expensive!We only advise the use of quality tried and tested, reliable and certified heat sources to be used in conjunction with your thermostat. This is of paramount importance for the safety of your animals and the integrity of your equipment set up. We often receives cries for help that Thermostats have failed and it soon becomes apparent the cause of the failure is a short circuit caused by a low quality heating source. NEW LED DISPLAY The Digital Dimming Thermostat contains a Super Fast blow fuse as a safeguard and protection against heater short circuits. This is effective in ensuring that in most cases the Thermostat is not damaged by the heating short circuit.

Here at The Pet Express we want you to enjoy every time you shop with us. Occasionally we know you may want to return items, we have tried to make our terms as clear as possible to avoid any nasty surprises. Temperature Thermostats are not suitable for Heat Bulbs or Fans or Ceramic Heaters but are ideal for Heat Mats, Reptile Radiators and Reptile Heat Cables. However in addition a secondary safety feature has now been added that will turn off the heating source in the event the thermostat is damaged by a heating short circuit. The safety cut out is activated by the alarm setting and so its important that you do not set the alarm setting too narrow (close to the desired set temperature) as it will activate this new safety feature. The default manufacturer setting is 3 Deg C and this is the minimum HabiStat recommend for the alarm setting. Dimming thermostats all allow you to increase and decrease the intensity of basking lamps but they vary in a few key ways. Some dimming thermostats come with analogue controls which must be altered manually while others have a digital screen for you to use. The more advanced dimming thermostats can run several dimming patterns and manage other devices to recreate day-night cycles even more naturally. What should I look for?Their thermostats are manufactured to exacting standards and are used worldwide by both pet keepers and professionals alike. It features a handy day/night function too, meaning that you can have it drop temperature and light intensity at night, maintaining your reptile's day and night cycle. Have you woken up this morning to discover that your Bearded Dragon vivarium is looking a little duller than usual? Perhaps you’ve come home from work to discover their tank is sitting at room temperature and the basking light is not working. Do you suspect that your vivarium thermostat might be to blame?

Pulse Thermostats are not suitable for Heat Bulbs or Fans but ideal for Heat Mats, Ceramic Heaters, Reptile Radiators and Reptile Heat Cables. An On/Off thermostat that a continual readout of both temperature and time and can be used in either heat or cool modes. I have absolutely no idea what is wrong but I have a Pygmy hedgehog and if I don’t get this fixed soon he could attempt hibernation.. he is already not wanting to move around as much and I’m getting really worried I have no idea what to do and nobody seems to be able to help.Habistat Classic Dimming Thermostats carry a 5 Year manufacturers guarantee. Temperature Thermostats This is the most common reason for a cold vivarium. Bulbs normally blow just after they are first switched on. So if your thermostat is an on/off variety, the bulb could blow at any time during the day.