Naomi,
The one thing I like about Ebo Jaegar (besides the fact that they are one of the best heaters out there) is that you can turn them on their sides when they are submersed. The benefit of this is that the thermostat is on one end, and the heater coil is on the other. This way the thermostat can take a more factual reading of the surrounding water, without being affected by water heated by the heater. When you stand the heater up vertically, the thermostat is directly above the heater coil, and can be affected by heated water as it rises up (because the warmer water will rise...) pass the thermostat.
If I am wrong on this account, I would sure love for you to pass my thoughts onto your friend at Ebo Jaegar and send me a reply.
Thanks.
Michael Laflamme
| | Hi Naomi,
You don't *have* to submerse the Jaeger heater. If you look at the heater,
near the top, you'll see a horizontal stripe on the side for the minimum
water line. The heater will still work fine if the water line is slightly
below this line, but since the sensor is there, the temperature may not be
entirely accurate, as it may be also influenced by the ambient room
temperature.
I'm good friends with the Jaeger manufacturer, and he confided that he would
rather have people use his heater "standing up" as a regular heater, rather
than only submersed, because the rubber won't harden as quickly as when it's
used submersed. The heater is so well constructed, that it can be submersed
indefinitely, but it's more than OK to also use it as a conventional heater.
Hope this helps
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Naomi Mizumoto"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 16:37
Subject: [detritus] Ugly heater
| | Hi, All!
I apologize - I'm probably going to be posting a lot for the next couple
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of
| | days while I'm setting up my 10-gallon tank. Again, I really appreciated
the help I got with the slippery stand top situation. That grip liner is
really somethin'! I had to lift UP the tank to adjust the positioning
because it wouldn't move side-to-side. It's perfect.
Right now I've got the tank filled halfway with water and my AquaClear
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MINI
| | trickling away and homogenizing (it's making me want to go to the
bathroom)... I'm also using my old 50W Ebo-Jager, but I just noticed how
ugly it is. It'll take some dense foliage to hide that thing! I'm almost
tempted to use one of those cheapo Hagen heaters you hang vertically off
the rim. I know Ebo-Jager is like the Volvo of aquarium heaters, but I'd
like something less bulky. What do y'all use, and where do you place it?
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Do
| | you remove the heater when you take photographs or are they just
well-hidden by the dense vegetation? I was looking through the "small
tanks" category of the 2002 AGA aquascaping contest, and I don't see any
heaters at all. There's no mentioning of them anywhere, either.
Thanks. I'm grateful for all of the help I'm getting, here. Erik, good to
hear from you! Hope your move goes quickly and easily. I despise moving.
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If
| | you're planning to rent a moving van during the weekend, be sure to make
reservations well in advance. We learned the hard way... :-O! Thank
goodness we have or Odyssey ;-).
Sincerely,
Naomi
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