Anyone running 2 InkBirds on one larger tank?

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We are moving and combining our smaller current tanks into a new Waterbox 190. We currently run an InkBird with a 600w BRS heater on our 110g and are thinking with this upgrade we would like to have a little more protection against a temp drop. Last summer we lost a bunch of torches when the element failed on one of our smaller tanks when we were out of town and that was bad enough. :(

So…could we run two Inkbirds each with their own 600w element…one set normal…77-78° with an alarm at 76°, and run the second controller at 75-78°? We would at least be notified of the main heater failure and be protected against a deadly drop if we aren’t home. Right? Anyone see a problem with this?

I feel like 2 elements on one InkBird would never warn you of a problem until both elements fail.

We’ve been running WiFi InkBirds for years and have never had a problem with them, between us and our adult kids households we have 7 without failure of any kind. So there’s going to be no convincing me to change controllers at this point. But happy to consider other configuration suggestions.

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Should work fine that way. I run two heaters on one inkbird in my 150g. Never really thought about how I would know whether one or the other failed.
 

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