How long does it take to heat up? I can't get my 5.5 gallon up to 80F and it's been on for almost 48 hours.
334454
It should be heated up by 48 hours. Your heater is probably faulty. Mine always ended up running hotter than set temperature, and I had to switch mine to another heater.
334455
Mine heated my 5 gallon tank in a few hours. Something is probably wrong with it if it's been on for 48 hours. Try returning it.
334456
It should heat up your tank within a couple hours, maybe you have a faulty heater :(
334457
Where do you have the bucket kept at? Durning the winter I had it at 78-82 in a 55 degree garage it had no problem keeping up but also started it the water around 100 degrees
1654494
I would give it an hour to reach temps that warm. There is a timer on it and you can set it ahead of time. I really like this little heater.
1378316
Hi -- I have a 2 gallon tank and it is working good. I recommend buying a cheap additional water thermometer and then setting the temperature on the heater to be slightly lower than the desired. For example I set my heater to 74 to get an actual temperature of 80F (as measured by the second thermometer).
62915
You will end up with about 80/85% of your starting volume be it 1 gal. 5 gal. Or 10. Just know the more gallons you start with the the longer it will take to get to temp my 1st try at 10 gal. On hot plate took 3 hrs to get to temp
683973
It should about 3-4 minutes. If quantity of water in the tank is less it heats up quicker.
2048352
I have two pannels for 5,000 gallons, and it is not that warm, you should use around 6 pannels
1610574
The heater will reach its full output with a half gallon. But only expect about 4 to 5 hours runtime from it.
214072
Under 5 mins? Turn the dial to the far right and turn it on. Heats up too much then just turn down the dial.
186349
No. I have 2 5.5 gallon tanks and it does not overheat. It turns off automatically.
197581
When you set the temp after a second or two it will display the actual temp of the tank. It can take a few hours to raise the temperature you set.
1534840
have mine running with a timer 20hr on, 4 off.lights too. the water is about the same as my room temp, it is 80 degrees in my room and the temp probe in the water says 81 degrees been running 12 hours now. they recommened 18 on 6 off. going to change my timer to that. had to make a new squirter pvc pipe 1 inch longer so it sprayed on the rockwool not below it? clones are very healthy. going to put AC in the room soon summer coming.
2012244
I'm not sure if I understand the question. Do you mean how long does it take to get up to temp once you set it? Or do you mean how far off from the temp. you set is the machine's thermostat? I find the machine maybe a few degrees offset from what external sources may read. By a degree or two. How long it takes to get up to temp depends on the room space and other factors like air leaks and such. It can raise the temp about 5 degrees in an hour in my set up. Does that answer your question?
293619
Mine is installed outside. My pool is about 30,000 gallons. The rate of heat increase is about 2 degrees per 90 minutes. A larger pool will obviously take longer to heat. You might expect 1 degree per hour, possibly less with a 45,000 gallon pool.
1778652
Mine has been running 24/7 for three months now and there has been no problem. It automatically shuts off when the tank is full, so you don't need a timer. It never gets hot and it is very quiet. I forget about it most of the time until I see the full light on. It works great!
734440
I would have to agree with the others, about 5 min is good, but if you want to pre heat to 400 I think that will take a bit longer.
1315619
What size is your Tank? Does the red light come on on the heater to show it is on when heating? I have a 75 gal. tank with a 300watt heater and it stays in the middle 70's.
951722
Thats ok our took a few days. I put ours by the heater and it took a couple of days!! Good luck!!