My heater crapped out! (1 Viewer)

[PorpoiseHork]

FYI, I bought a Neo-therm about a year ago, because they are super slim and very consistent with the temp fluctuations. I use only on my QT tanks, but have since reconsidered.

There are so many horror story threads on those heaters. I couldn't believe it. Now I'm paranoid about using it. Just wanted to make you guys aware.

Just read the reviews on BulkReefSupply. I suspect in the future they will no longer carry this heater.

Neo-Therm Submersible Heater - Cobalt Aquatics (DISCONTINUED)

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True that there were a number of reported failures with the neo-therms a few years back, but it does appear that they have sorted out the issues and are now pretty reliable heaters.

I strongly recommend having more than one heater. If you go away you have the peace of mind that if a heater does fail you will not come home to a tank full of dead fish. As well it may save on your electricity bills because you can have lower wattage heating your aquarium most of the time. I use a few that total 500w for my 125 in the great white north. I use not too pricy submersables.

I couldn't agree with you more. I keep a second 100w heater in the sump and have it connected to the cooling side of my temperature controller with the min/max temp activation just below the heated side. So in the event the primary fails and stops heating the backup will kick in once the temp drops to the range I have it set to.

 

[Reefahholic]

True that there were a number of reported failures with the neo-therms a few years back, but it does appear that they have sorted out the issues and are now pretty reliable heaters.





I couldn't agree with you more. I keep a second 100w heater in the sump and have it connected to the cooling side of my temperature controller with the min/max temp activation just below the heated side. So in the event the primary fails and stops heating the backup will kick in once the temp drops to the range I have it set to.

So did they rebuild the heaters??

 

[PorpoiseHork]

From what I can tell they must have. The heaters look the same as the older ones, and there was a period for about a year that heaters with wattage 150-300 were not available. So the only thing I can figure is they must have redesigned the casing or updated the molds or assembly process to strengthen the heaters to prevent them from splitting open.

 

[slojim]

I have the bayite. Unless I misunderstand, I don't think you should have a heater plugged into the cooling socket. The reason is that it acts in reverse. The heater socket deenergizes at target high temp the cooling socket energizes at target high temp If you do have it working as a heating circuit, how did you do it?