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You wont beleive the trouble i am having trying to find out the best one...lol
Im looking for a thermostat that has a night drop and wont stike and bake my animals
It gets cold somtimes at night where im putting the cage so i will need heat at night!
Can someone help me on this!!!

As far as I know they can all break and heat the terraria up...
The only way I know to prevent the problem with overheating is to put a rherostat in line and limit the maximal amount of electricity that can reach the heating element.

Ed

You can put a pair of thermostats in series. That will prevent one from sticking and roasting the terrarium. Just plug one into the outlet of another and set them both to the same temperature.
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Currently
2.0 F. silvestris (NFO)
1.1 F. pardalis (Ambilobe)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Suriname Cobalt)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Weygoldt)
0.0.~100 E. prosticus

Good idea but what about the night drop?

If you want a night drop, and a bullet-proof, no-fail setup, take four thermostats set two to the day time temperature and hook these in series to a timer (set for the day time hours), and take the other two, set them for the night temp., and hook them in series straight to house power. As the daytime ones go off, the temperature will fall till the night time ones kick in, in the day the temp. will be above the night thermostats' setting and they will not activate.

Or you could just go out and buy a single programmable, timed thermostat, since the higher end devices are much less likely to "stick" and roast your whatever it is (you haven't told us what you want to heat, now spill the beans please).
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Currently
2.0 F. silvestris (NFO)
1.1 F. pardalis (Ambilobe)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Suriname Cobalt)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Weygoldt)
0.0.~100 E. prosticus

I havent decidided but probably a few frogs and some chameleons

I know they are supposed to have a night drop, but it might be sold separately. Lots of snake breeders use them.
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phflame

Yeah that seems the way to go
I was posting to see what others use so they can tell me if i should buy it or not!