Positioning a Heater

[Clint_Glasgow]

Hey guys me again this might sound like a bit of a silly question but is it ok for a heater to be fully under the water including the top which has the knob etc on it?

 

[Cheese Specialist]

yes, the heater should be all the way under the water really. If the element is out of water it explodes! I always put mine right under since the time my heater exploded when I was doing a water change!

I think there are some that don't go that far under the water but all modern ones do.

It's best to have to at an angle near the flow of water btw.

 

[Clint_Glasgow]

Thanks! Ps as for the exploding heater see previous post! lol

 

[BobK]

Hold off. Some heaters are submersible and some are not. If your's is not submersible, there should be a water line somewhere on the element. Make sure the water goes up at least to the line. These are not meant to be completely submersed in the water. On the other hand, if it is a submersible (should say on box or in instructions) then it can be completely submerged (knob and all).

 

[mandi]

Eeeep!

Yeah definately check the packaging! You don't want to put a non-submerssible heater under the water.

If it was really inexpensive (for the # of watts), it's probably not submerssible (not to say that there aren't a range of prices, but 99% of the time, submerssible ones are a bit more expensive than the non-submerssible type.)

 

[yvez9]

Mine has a clamp to attach to the side of the aquarium, so it's not submersible

I'd make sure before you electrocute your fish!

 

[Clint_Glasgow]

cheers I got it to sit so my knob is still out so we should be all good!

 

[clutterydrawer]

jsut make sure ALL the glass is well covered by water, or it might explode.

i keep mine with the minimum possible of the black plastic bit out of the water as i don't think it's submersible.

 

[leafs]

Hold off. Some heaters are submersible and some are not. If your's is not submersible, there should be a water line somewhere on the element. Make sure the water goes up at least to the line. These are not meant to be completely submersed in the water. On the other hand, if it is a submersible (should say on box or in instructions) then it can be completely submerged (knob and all).

I was under the assumption that you were not suppose to go above the water line?