00W's AIO Smorgasbord

code4 · May 3, 2026

kingranch2003 said:
Lol No I meant your actual cellular device. If it isn't getting a signal and her phone never lost wifi signal, could obvious that something is a miss with inkbird? Maybe call the place and say hey go check your tank! Not ideal, but she indicated that she wouldnt want to spend a few hundred on someone else's tank.

I would love to spend the money for them. It is their corporate office that is being frugal. But I just spoke with their office manager and he said get it! So with that I will also get the hydro.

kingranch2003 said:
I belive you're right....Its a 150w on a 40 gallon cube. It never got higher than 76.7 in 24hrs time. The heater itself is set to 80

Do you have another heater you can use to see if the temperature changes?

kingranch2003 said:
@tharbin
I know it could definitely still be defective, but the heater is only a few weeks old too!

We really have to love our hobbies.

code4 · May 3, 2026

kingranch2003 said:
Down the rabbit hole I go! There is a cal menu on the controller.

Moving over my friend. Room for you now.

code4 · May 3, 2026

CoralB said:
Magic lost . Season over

Dang, don't give up. There is always another year.

code4 · May 3, 2026

Bye, leaving for my concert

kevgib67 · May 3, 2026

code4 said:
Dang, don't give up. There is always another year.

Spoken like a true Browns fan!

tharbin · May 3, 2026

Here is the approach I would take to sort this all out:

1. Find something that either measures temperature or has a temperature you trust. A digital meter, a cheap glass thermometer or even another heater.

Adjust your heater until it matches that temperature and either adjust the calibration knob or just jot it down.

Put the probes (or probe depending on model) of your Inkbird in and read the temperature. Use the calibrate function to offset the reading to match the true temp.

Set the high and low settings of the Inkbird to where you want the heating range and alarms.

Set the temp on the heater to two degrees higher than the Inkbird high setting but at least a degree below the Inkbird's high temp alarm.

Result: Your probes and heater should agree roughly on what the temperature is and they should be near the true temperature. The Inkbird will turn on and off as needed to heat the tank and alarm if the heater or Inkbird fail in the off condition. The heater will turn off if the Inkbird fails in the on condition. The high temp alarm will sound if the heater also fails in the on condition.

(sure hope I wrote that right).