[AquaticLife] Old Hartz Heater

March 26, 2008 @ 1:19 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

Hi Lana, In my many years of fish tanks, I have gone through a lot of heaters. Some of them were Hartz. If you have an older heater, it may do your fish a benefit in getting a new one from either Big Als or Foster and Smiths web stores. If the tank is big enough a redundant heater is not harmful in case one stops working the other one takes over. I don’t think Hartz heaters were of the highest quality. I prefer one without a relay contact type contact in it in that it is possible with some circuity to turn on a heater coil by use of a Triac and triggered by an electronic sensor. Thus a bad mechanical contact either resistive or shorted will never be an issue. Pick the appropriate size: http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18530/cl0/heaters
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/pet_supplies.cfm?c=3578+3743
Best regards,
Sam Palermo, Chief Engineer Skywave Broadcast Engineering, Chicago (708)334-2260 Past Teac/Tascam Service Technician still doing repairs.
Lana Gibbons wrote: > > Well I called Hartz customer service and apparently they stopped > manufacturing these about 4 years ago. No wonder I can’t find any data on > it! I asked the lady I got it from and she said as long as the coil at the > way bottom is covered it should be fine. It is definitely submersed that > far (with an extra 3″) so I think my nervous self is going to try > turning it > on now… > > Thanks everyone! > > -Lana, who sees herself replacing this heater in the near future. > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Lana Gibbons > > > wrote: > > > Thanks Lenny, > > > > I’ve been googling the last few days and haven’t had any luck > finding this > > particular heater - I get the feeling it is pretty old when comparing to > > what I’ve been seeing as I can’t even find it on the Hartz site. > I’ll keep > > trying, thanks! > > > > -Lana > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > GoldLenny@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > If it’s a hang on heater, then it’s probably not submersible. Every > > > submersible I’ve owned comes with a holder that has suction cups to > > > position > > > the heater inside the tank. Your best bet would be to Google ‘Hartz > > > aquarium heater directions’ and browse through the hits until you find > > > yours > > > and then look for the proper directions. Probably the Hartz site > should > > > have some info or a contact us page where you could send them a > picture > > > and > > > they should send you proper instructions. It’s probably fine as > long as > > > you > > > bring the water level up to an inch or so from the top of the tank but > > > finding the instructions would be best. > > > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >