my heater jammed on :(

[shrimpdaddy]

just been in to my fish room and the tank with amy prized sun catfish had crash.ive drained and there noting alive.i check the water temp and it was 54'c.relay want to till kill the people ar newatt for there dodge heater.

[B-CAT]

Oh crap Nick that's a sh*tter!!!!

Sorry to hear that mate :(

[shrimpdaddy]

well do the newatt have a guarantee and do they cover the fish costs because if they do ill be on the phone to then now.

[boxfish]

Sorry to hear this, if it less than a year I would get on to them and claim compensation for the loss of the fishes.

[shrimpdaddy]

cant its about 3 years old but they still shunt jam at all

[goorobsdad]

Oh dear mate really sorry for your losses, sad day!

[Shawn]

This is why I have run mine through an ATC !

Sorry to here your bad news mate, these things are sent to try us !

[l0stmari0br0]

Sorry to hear about your jam mate. :(

I always prefer Marineland heaters, as they come with a lifetime gaurantee. :)

[shrimpdaddy]

i have a ATC on my malawi tank but i cant afford them on 15 tanks.

[Little Lamb]

Sorry to hear that Nick, it really sucks :(

[Shawn]

could you not get a big extension ,with ten or so plug sockets on, ive got a surge protector one with 12 sockets on, then plug them all into that and run them all through your ATC ??

If you look on fleebay you can buy them wired with 4 sockets on so im sure you can do it !

Only problem you would have is it would only take the reading from one tank, and im not sure if you can add any more probes !

[Little Lamb]

Being dense again :rolleyes: but what's an ATC?

[Pete]

Being dense again :rolleyes: but what's an ATC?
a thing that switches the heaters on or off and some thing like fans depending what you set it to, eg if you want it at 26 and its at 27 the fans will come on, and if its at 25 the heaters will come on :)

[Little Lamb]

a thing that switches the heaters on or off and some thing like fans depending what you set it to, eg if you want it at 26 and its at 27 the fans will come on, and if its at 25 the heaters will come on :)

Thanks Pete :D Didn't even realise something like that existed, very clever idea though

[The Plec]

Underworld usually produce very good heaters however I have found a couple of defective units, I managed to send them back and obtained a refund and luckily they were being used in aquariums with no livestock.

According to my sources the Newatt heaters sometimes come with inaccurate sensors, so it's recommended that you set the temperature to around one degree less of the desired tank temperature. For example if you want a temperature of 27 degrees C then the recommendation is to set the heater at 26 degrees. Despite this there are other factors to take into consideration, such as the ambient room temperature and the tank lighting.

[plantyroo]

so sorry to hear that mate, such a shame when things like this happen.

[powerz]

:ohmy:Sorry to hear about your jam mate not good news at all mate:icon_cry::sad:

[Ilovenemo]

Nick honey thats terrible. Poor fish, what a way to go.
I hope you can get some kind of compensation for this.