I think you should take a look around in the caging forum. Some good opinions are often posted there. A thermostat is a better idea in conditions where the atmosphere outside of the enclosure fluctuates. If your house/rooms are controlled to be kept within a few degrees 24/7 then a rheostat is fine. Rheostats limit the level of energy to flow through to the device, like a dimmer. So you can adjust it to set the perfect level of current to go through to your heat pad and it will be perfect. Until a cold or warm day comes by, then it will be too hot or cold. The ESU thermostat you're looking at is fine, I use a similar model by A-life. If anything it's just a little better because the on/off cycles are a little closer together. Check out www.lllreptile.com they've got great deals on thermostats.



I personally feel that all the thermostats on the market for reptiles aren't quite enough. I'm working on improving on them.

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• Rheostats/thermostats - Crittercrazy, Tue Aug 19 03:50:33 2003
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