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Hello fellow reefers!
I realized today that I accidentally purchased 2 heaters that are rated for 53-79 gallons when I will only have about 30 gallons of water. I was planning on using 2 heaters with a controller, 1 set a degree or 2 lower, for redundancy. I am wondering how much of a stress it would put on the heaters and the system for them to be oversized. I imagine they would be turning on and off more frequently and possibly more temperature swings? The heaters are the Eheim Jager TruTemp line.
Thank you for any input!
I realized today that I accidentally purchased 2 heaters that are rated for 53-79 gallons when I will only have about 30 gallons of water. I was planning on using 2 heaters with a controller, 1 set a degree or 2 lower, for redundancy. I am wondering how much of a stress it would put on the heaters and the system for them to be oversized. I imagine they would be turning on and off more frequently and possibly more temperature swings? The heaters are the Eheim Jager TruTemp line.
Thank you for any input!