Aquarium heater controller with pig blanket?

[superjet86]

Has anyone tried using an aquarium heat controller with a Heat blanket?

I have looked at the Stanfield Controller but they are $350!!!

One like this: http://www.bigalspets.com/true-temp...son+Shopping&gclid=CJGgkKS5p8YCFZY2aQodfDIAIQ

 

[keepergale]

It should work fine as long as it can handle the wattage. I couldn't see what its capacity is.

 

[superjet86]

1000w

 

[Yvonne G]

I've been using the Osborne Industries controller on my pig blankets for over 20 years. I've NEVER paid that much for them, and, believe me, I've bought a few:

http://www.osbornelivestockequipmen...d-accessories/stanfield-heat-pad-control-f911

 

[superjet86]

I was looking at a auto unit due to the temp fluctuation in Michigan

 

[keepergale]

I don't know the difference. The thermostats purpose is to hold a steady temperature no?

 

[superjet86]

I thought the manual rheostat was always on and you just pick the amount of power given to the pad... Unless yours turn on and off...

 

[Tom]

You can get a Zilla or Hydrofarm 1000 watt thermostat for about $30.

I don't know that anyone here is going to have first hand experience with the aquarium unit that you are using. Many of us have first hand experience using the Zilla and Hydrofarm units with pig blankets. I use the Kane mats.

 

[Yvonne G]

The F911 controller shown in my link is a rheostat. You dial the number that maintains the temperature you're looking for and it turns the heat on and off to maintain that temp.

 

[superjet86]

That hydrofarm looks like the same thing as the aquarium ones! cheaper too!

 

[ShellyII]

Whats a pig blanket??

 

[Tom]

Whats a pig blanket??

Also called a farrowing mat. They were designed and built for pig mommas and their babies for those colder nights.

We started using them for tortoises decades ago. They work well for large tortoises that live outside. Its the red mat on the floor here:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/another-night-box-thread.88966/

 

[Yvonne G]

Don't even consider it for babies, though. Babies don't seem to understand that they can get off it when they get too hot.

 

[ShellyII]

cool, thanks!