another bad stealth heater

One bad out of the box. Two shot stray voltage. My Ebo is 10+ years old and still precise.

 

I'm with you man...100% Ebo now...although I did have two of them fail on me. They were replaced via warranty for free.

--AJ

 

I've been using Via Aqua Heaters with the controllers on them, and these things are spot on and very nice. 

 

i had a stealth go bad as well. 2 months in use and everytime i went near the sump it was a shocking experience......

 

I bought 2 of them at PETCO within the last month both were bad they worked for 5 hours then just quit I am lucky almost killed both of my tanks that have my baby clownfish.

 

Posted By Matt on 05/22/2010 01:14 AM
I've been using Via Aqua Heaters with the controllers on them, and these things are spot on and very nice. 
+1 the via aqua titanum heaters are awesome!

 

just an fyi, I recently got the Fluval E300
http://www.aquacave.com/hagen-fluval-e-300-watt-br-electronic-aquarium-heater-2719.html

Totally awesome and worth the money.. it's got 2 temp sensors located separate from the heating section of the unit, so it's water and not the air in the tube it measures..
Gotta love the digital readout too for a temp, the clicky makes it real nice for setting the temp in .5 increments..

/shrug thought I would share that /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/smile.gif

 

Oh 1 more bit the dust Saturday.......

 

It's too bad. I really like the look of the solid black plastic heaters, especially for freshwater tanks where the heater is typically in the tank. Sucks that they have to be such a poor quality product.

--AJ

 

I had many problems with the old style with the red knob - are these same problems happening with the newer model with the knob that lights up?

 

Yes that is the style that went bad on me...

 

mary, which one, the lighted knob or the red knob? I bought one a short while back with the lighted knob; and have not had any problems.... yet. It has been running for a month or better.