Thermostat for fan heater (2000W)

[ladybird]

I have a fan heater in my reptile room to keep it cosy at about 25C, but the built-in thermostat is rubbish! The temperature goes about 5C above or below where I set it! I'm wondering if there is a thermostat I can buy which is sensitive enough to keep within a degree or two, and one that can power a fan heater which is a maximum of 2000W. I have it on the lowest setting so I don't think the wattage it actually uses is much above 700W. But still, I can't find a thermostat that can cope with this amount of watts

[Lotus Nut]

This is quite normal and is designed to work that way, same as for devices like heaters, ovens, central heating controllers, fridges etc. There is no need to have a narrow band of operating temperature or it would be continually switching on and off.
In a room there will also be a number of temperature gradients as heat rises plus there will be convection currents.
Whats important is the vivs temperature vivs which should be measured with a max/min digital type.

Stats such as habbistat and microclimate also operate in the same way though they dont have any specifications which state their switching range.

[ladybird]

Oh ok thanks.

[fantapants]

you can get a plug in heater stat from b and q near the doorbells and stuff. its about £17 and works a treat for the shed heaters etc,

[mEOw]

i seem to remember the lucky reptile thermo control 2 and the identical yet cheaper unbranded ones you can get on ebay are rated to 1200Watts... if not then id use an on/off stat and a contactor (can buy them for hydroponics setups) instead of plugging the contactor into a timer plug it into an on/ off stat and bingo, instantly you can control up to 13Amps of stuff of a normal stat (i would say the 300 watt habistat stat would be best for this, mat stats seem to vary a lot in their hysteresis and i havent tried the microclimate ministats so cant comment on them)
Owen