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Originally Posted by jacksonpt
Not to hijack the thread too much.. is there a "best" way to setup a heater/controller combo?
Should the heater thermostat do most of the work and the controller kick in only if the heater malfunctions... or should the controller do most of the work more or less ignoring the heater thermostat?
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Not sure if either way could be described as best but I do the second way you mentioned. I have my controller set to 25.5 degrees celcius and my heater is set to 30. When my controller reads a temperature of 25.2 it turns on the heater and when it reads 25.5 again it turns off the heater. The reason why I have my heater set so high is that it is in the sump so it's internal thermostat is reading the sump temperature whereas my controller temp probe is in my display and therefore keeping the display at my set temperature. My controller also sounds an audible alarm if the temperature goes down to 24.0 or up to 27.0