Gone thru three heaters in one month! What is going on?!

cawnov

I've had three heaters fail on me in the last month. The first two were Aqueon and the latest a Marineland Stealth Pro. All of these heaters worked fine for about a week. After that they would not put out heat although they still had lights indicating they were receiving electricity.
What the heck! Any ideas?

Mikaila31

Use the manufactures warranty. They should replace them if you kept your proof of purchase. Rena replaced my smartheater, but I had to ship it in for them to test it first. was still much cheaper than buying a new one.

cawnov

Any ideas for troubleshooting the causes for failure?

PRichs87

are you overloading your circuit? might wanna check that out

Angel079

That stinks I pers hadn't had the brands you're ref to, but here's the heaters I use in all my tanks w/out problems
Cascade Heaters, Heaters | Pet Solutions

cawnov

I think that I may have a faulty surge protector. I'm going to purchase a good power strip/surge protector and hopefully my heating problems will be solved.

Mikaila31

its easy enough to fix non submersible heater. submersible heaters can be done, but I don't suggest using them submersed again. Heaters are pretty straight forward once you take them apart.

beetlebz

is the tank near a wall heater, or in an area of low current? i had a 50w tetra auto heater that only heated a 10g tank to 72 degrees. my poor betta was shivering lol so i bought a new one, and same thing :( thought one broke, and the new one was defective lol moved the heater over into higher current area and it went up to 74. hrm. finally i moved the heater to a side wall (heat register right behind and below the back wall of the tank) and tada, 76-78. the back wall would heat up when the house heat kicked on and it was enough to shut my heater off. doh!

cawnov

Hmm Interesting. I never considered that but I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the help all.

Angel079

You know if 1 my heaters 'wouldn't work' i'd exchange it too, I'd have not given the house heat a 2nd thought, that's a real good one right there everybody should think bout