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02-Mar-08, 07:50 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Dandenong Ranges Age/Gender: 40  | | | Pulse thermostat with night eye Q
Pulse Proportional thermostat with the option of a night time temperature adjustment using the Habistat Night Eye (Available separately)
i do not have one so could the powers that be please explain how the above thermostat with a night eye works to reduce the night temps of a single ceramic heat source. How do you set the day and night temps.
Also can the night eye be activated (switched off) with normal room lights when swithed on
many thanks for the help
Big I
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02-Mar-08, 08:12 PM
|  | Jungleboy Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Hi there,
The 'night eye' is an electronic semiconductor called a light dependant resistor. When it senses light, it will set the thermostat at (lets say) 32c for your day time temps. When the sunlight outside fades, the light dependant resistor sends a different signal to the thermostat and so it drops the temperature to 25c (for example), dropping the temp down to night-time. From memory there is a cable that you mount in your window - you can also use room lights to operate the night eye - in fact any source of light will do (even a cigarette lighter).
regards,
Lockie
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02-Mar-08, 08:57 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Dandenong Ranges Age/Gender: 40 | | | |
yeh right, so this is no good if you enter the room at night frequently and turn on the room light.
maybe a timer is best for the pulse night/day thermostat.
any info on the pulse night/day thermostat would be great or maybe a dimmer night/day as this is suited to globes and ceramics i think
Last edited by bigi; 02-Mar-08 at 09:06 PM.
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02-Mar-08, 09:10 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Redlands, SE Qld Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bigi  yeh right, so this is no good if you enter the room at night frequently and turn on the room light.
maybe a timer is best for the pulse night/day thermostat.
any info on the pulse night/day thermostat would be great or maybe a dimmer night/day as this is suited to globes and ceramics i think | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Lockie From memory there is a cable that you mount in your window | What does this say?
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02-Mar-08, 10:03 PM
| | Jungleboy Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Mr Mikk is right - you can mount it in your window, and it will only react to daylight - not the room light. you'll see the sensor at the end of the cable - as long as you tape it to your window sill so the light bulb in the room doesn't shine on it, you'll be fine!
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03-Mar-08, 04:29 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Dandenong Ranges Age/Gender: 40 | | | | If I want to control several heaters in different cages, with one thermostat, what should I be aware of?
You must ensure that if you are controlling several heaters in different cages, then all the heaters must be the same capacity and the cages must be the same size exactly with the same ventilation. The probe must be placed in a representative place in one of the cages.
They should also be on the same level - don’t forget hot air rises. If you have four cages stacked on top of each other being controlled with the same thermostat the top cages will always be hotter than the lower cages.
The above quote relates to the pulse thermostats.
Why should all the heaters be of the same capacity.?
for example a 100watt heater in a larger enclosure and a 60 watt heater in a smaller enclosure.
Will this effect the output pulses of the thermostat is this why they note this?
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03-Mar-08, 04:49 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Dandenong Ranges Age/Gender: 40 | | | |
Which is best habistat or microclimate.
The microclimates seem to be cost effective as they come with a magic eye.
is this magic eye seperate to the thermostat as is with the habistat
thanks
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03-Mar-08, 05:29 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Central Coast, NSW Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bigi Which is best habistat or microclimate.
The microclimates seem to be cost effective as they come with a magic eye.
is this magic eye seperate to the thermostat as is with the habistat
thanks | The Microclimate "magic eye" is built into the unit. It is not on a different lead so you cannot point it towards a window. You can, however, mount the unit in a window facing outwards... although, this may not be particularly easy to do given individual circumstances.
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03-Mar-08, 05:54 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: redneck wonderland | | | |
microclimate is limited not only in that it needs to be positioned in or on cage to react with light reaching cage, but also in the max temp you are able to set the night time at (15 degrees celcius)... a bit cool for many species if it is attached to the only heat source.
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03-Mar-08, 06:49 PM
|  | Friend of huey Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: on the coast Gender: | | | |
I had the exact queries and spoke to Brian about them . He told me the "eye" for the habistat is around $80, but you can get much the same effect with just using a timer plugged in to the auxcillary lead.
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04-Mar-08, 10:00 AM
| | Jungleboy Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 28 | | |
Bigi you should be careful about using 1 thermostat to control a number of enclosures.
If you put the thermostat probe in the first enclosure, and the light bulb in this enclosure blows, then the thermostat will heat the rest of the enclosures up - perhaps frying your herps. This possibility is lessened by using ceramic heat lamps, however they will eventually blow as well, and the results wont be pretty.
The way I see it is that a thermostat costs $40, and its money well spent.
If you are having a hard time figuring out your day/night temps, perhaps you should look at this programmable thermostat - I use one for my JCP: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&ih=015
For $60 its a bargain. You can program your day/night temps and times. Again though - you may want to use 1 per enclosure.
cheers,
Lockie.
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