Okay, I've got a situation with my tank. Right now I have two Eheim (cough) 150w heaters. The thermostats are atrocious and keep the tank far too warm (79.9 - 80.6). I've adjusted them all over the place to no avail. I'm looking at BRS and their titanium heater. I can get it with or without controller. I'd love to be able to control it with reef-pi, but not sure if that would be too hard on the relays or not. I'd like to rely on the thermometer in the heater unless it gets far out of control.
Would it be safe to run just the element off the reef-pi with a relay, or should I opt for the controller and only use reef-pi as an emergency shutoff?
Would it be safe to run just the element off the reef-pi with a relay, or should I opt for the controller and only use reef-pi as an emergency shutoff?