Repti Temp Rheostat

[WaterFowl]

First I want to thank everyone for the very useful information on this forum. I am gettting ready to sit some duck eggs for the first time and I am planning out the heat dource for after the incubator. I did a search of the forum but I did not see if one of these had ever been successfuly used to control the heat lamp.

Repti Temp Rheostat
http://tinyurl.com/y8mlka5

I have seen the ReptTemp 500R listed here with success but it looks to be a little over kill.
http://tinyurl.com/ye835ow

Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Gene

 

[mitch324]

I would try the 500R it is an actual thermast the reostat is only a dimmer switch. If you use the reostat when the suronding temp changes so will the bators.

 

[WaterFowl]

Thanks, I knew I had to be missing somthing. The wording led me to believe that it provided a thermo couple for the control. The title is "Repti Temp Rheostat" and "Adjusts the temperature of most non-thermostatically controlled heating devices." I guess they left out the part that this would be a "manual" adjustment. So this is nothing more than a dimmer switch.

 

[mitch324]

You got it!

If you are thinking about spending $23 for the 500r why not go with a wafer style they have been used for years and they should be just about the same$.

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