Bioactive Friends....Thermostat Recommendations?

[mwalker225]

What do you recommend? Do they turn the heat source on/off as needed? Does it do a proper job of proper readings (I also have a temp gun to take temps)? Let me know your thoughts....

Thanks,
Mike&Blu

 

[WICKEDPOGONA]

I would recommend The Herpstat it has a ramping feature thst simulates sunrise and sunset or you can have your lights go off one after another to simulate photoperiods . Herpstat is the best thermostat does all types of stuff .I have my lights eet on individual timers my sunrise takes a hour to fully ramp up and sunset takes an hour to ramp down. Got good to have a basking bulb along a thermostat becuase.it will flicker you would need a pulse porportional thermostat to a dimming thermostat whichever suits your needs I I recommend the Herpstand line of Thermostats they have tons of variety I also recommend usually digital probes thermometers i.like the ones viviaroun electronics and biodude sells that read humidity etc thise are good for bioactives to read the soils moisture

 

[mwalker225]

I would recommend The Herpstat it has a ramping feature thst simulates sunrise and sunset or you can have your lights go off one after another to simulate photoperiods . Herpstat is the best thermostat does all types of stuff .I have my lights eet on individual timers my sunrise takes a hour to fully ramp up and sunset takes an hour to ramp down. Got good to have a basking bulb along a thermostat becuase.it will flicker you would need a pulse porportional thermostat to a dimming thermostat whichever suits your needs I I recommend the Herpstand line of Thermostats they have tons of variety I also recommend usually digital probes thermometers i.like the ones viviaroun electronics and biodude sells that read humidity etc thise are good for bioactives to read the soils moisture

Awesome, I was looking at the Herpstat 600W because I like the sunrise and sunset feature thats what originally brought me to it. Just wanted to make sure that it was a good one. I just got the Bio Dude Hygrometer which is very nice and relatively accurate. I just dont like the the lights on full strength every morning would rather simulate the sunrise. Thanks for the help!

 

[WICKEDPOGONA]

I've just got my lights on different timers to simulate sunrise and sunset to create those photoperiods I'll show ya

That's her first light of the day Her flood par38 from arcadia will be on 15mins before her Arcadia jungle dawn in the basl turns on

after that the cool side arcadia Jungle dawn led bar turns on after that 15mins later

After all that the uvb comes on 30mins later and all this is revesered for sunset
For sunset her uvb comes off first

 

[WICKEDPOGONA]

That's full power

Uvb is already off 15mins later the coolside jungle dawn will come off

At night she has 30mins of just basking light