Aquarium Heaters. How often are they actually heating the water?
Pretty general question. Just wanting to find out how often my Aquarium Heaters in my tropical tank are actually heating the water. House temperature is usually 18 C and I have 120 liter tank and keep the temperature at about 27 C. Have a 50 watt and 200 watt heater. Trying to find out how much electricity usage they use a day. Cheers.
ok well, first off the newer generation heaters (going back like the last 10 years lol) have a built in thermometer so your question isnt really to hard to answer. If you set your hear to what 25 degrees…when your water HITS 25 degrees it will turn itself off…then when the thermometer notices that the temperature is dropping it will turn back on. if your outside temp is around the same temp as the tank then it will be on maybe 2 hours in a day if its alot lower than that then all day because it will be struggling to keep your aquariums temp at the same place
whats a good aquarium heater that i can get for around 20 bucks?
They do whatever is necessary to maintain the water temperature set point. They’ll turn on and keep heating up until their "high dead band" limit is reached. Once it’s reached it will not turn on until the water temperature drops to the "low dead band" limit. You’d literally have to sit there and watch it all day to see how often the little light turns on, for how long, and apply that to the wattage rating if you want to see exactly how much electricity you’re using. The colder the room, the more electricity you’re using.
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ok well, first off the newer generation heaters (going back like the last 10 years lol) have a built in thermometer so your question isnt really to hard to answer. If you set your hear to what 25 degrees…when your water HITS 25 degrees it will turn itself off…then when the thermometer notices that the temperature is dropping it will turn back on. if your outside temp is around the same temp as the tank then it will be on maybe 2 hours in a day if its alot lower than that then all day because it will be struggling to keep your aquariums temp at the same place
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its stops when it gets above the set tempature then turns back on when it goes under its usually rite on so 3 quaters of the day its on well acutally 6/7 of the day is more acurate
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