New Thermostat Advice Needed

[RustyEyron]

Hello all! I'm hoping someone can help with my electronics issue. I've got a seven year old beardie that I've had on the same heating set up since I got him at about a month old. I've attached photos of the thermostat and bulbs I use. The thermostat pulses the heat lamp on or off depending on the temperature at the cool end of the vivarium and is attached to a timer so that it is completely off all night. I also have a UVB strip bulb that gives him light throughout the day and turns off at the same time as the heat lamp at night.

I replace the bulbs whenever they need it but otherwise my setup has been working fine for seven years. Now my thermostat has died (checked the fuses and can't find the issue, and the heat lamp works fine plugged in by itself). I wasn't the one to originally create the setup of this vivarium and now I can't find the exact version of thermostat to replace and I'm not sure which one would be best to buy instead. Also I've come across dimmer thermostats that I'd never heard of before, would one of those be good or is it best to keep my boy in the same lighting setup he's always lived in? Any help recommending what thermostat to go for would be greatly appreciated!

 

[CooperDragon]

If using a pulse thermostat on a heat emitter does the job, then I'd keep with that. I believe Habistat still makes them. This is pretty much what you have now, I believe https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/habistat-600w-temp-thermostat/

The dimming thermostats are good if you want to fine tune the output of your basking light. It will cut power to the bulb to dim it as needed, but you'll need to use an incandescent or halogen bulb that handles dimming. It's nice to have it control a single light, but you need to get the temps really close to begin with and just use the dimming to fine tune the output as the temps in the enclosure change. You don't want it to cause the light to become too dim.

The one I use has two outputs that are programmable. I have one set to dimming and connected to the basking light and runs during the day. The other is connected to the heat projector in pulse mode and set to kick in overnight as needed.

My point is just that there are a lot of ways you can make use of a thermostat. If what you've had works well for you, I'd just get a replacement of the same model and go with it.

 

[RustyEyron]

Thank you for your reply! I've gone with one similar to what you linked that I was able to find through amazon so it will get here quickly