anyone good with circuits?
- Thread starter justDIY
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an interest in aquariums or fish keeping!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
G
Guest
Guest
I don't think you have anything to worry about. the hole for the fan will allow heat to escape in the time it would take for you to be able to fix it. I ran a MH 175 watt for a year using aluminum foil coverd cardboard. Now talk about a fire hazard, it never burned through it though. I had it about 6" above it.
You could find a reverse thermostat at an electrical supply outlet that will cut the power if it gets above 250*...
You could find a reverse thermostat at an electrical supply outlet that will cut the power if it gets above 250*...
RogerMcAllen
Aquarium Advice Addict
I agree, a cheap thermostat would do the trick.
loganj
Aquarium Advice Addict
Maybe a high limit switch (cheap thermostat basically 
) for a furnace? I'm not really sure what temp range you need. That's what you'll have to determine first. Then it will turn into a search for the thermostat or limit that falls into that range. I wonder if a stat for a hot water heater would do it? That way, you wouldn't have to use a contactor as the stat would be able to carry the line voltage. Bear in mind that many of the stats and limits are designed to work with a relay or contactor and will not handle line voltage.
) for a furnace? I'm not really sure what temp range you need. That's what you'll have to determine first. Then it will turn into a search for the thermostat or limit that falls into that range. I wonder if a stat for a hot water heater would do it? That way, you wouldn't have to use a contactor as the stat would be able to carry the line voltage. Bear in mind that many of the stats and limits are designed to work with a relay or contactor and will not handle line voltage.
BillyZ
Aquarium Advice Addict
temperature range
so, all moisture driven out at 212, gases released at 450 and ignition at 540. I'd say you would want to keep things below 400 as a "killing point"
If you have a thermometer that reads high enough, just leave the probe taped to the wood above the bulb and see how high it gets with the fan off. It may not be an issue.
or it may be an issue... at which point the above posts make good suggestions.
source: http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt8405.html
so, all moisture driven out at 212, gases released at 450 and ignition at 540. I'd say you would want to keep things below 400 as a "killing point"
If you have a thermometer that reads high enough, just leave the probe taped to the wood above the bulb and see how high it gets with the fan off. It may not be an issue.
or it may be an issue... at which point the above posts make good suggestions.
Similar threads
