For a Hagen heater, do I turn the knob clockwise or counter-clockwise to lower it?

[Chris Tsao]

For a Hagen heater, do I turn the black knob on the top clockwise or
counter-clockwise to lower it? If my memory serves, it didn't say on
the back of the blister pack it came in and I've read online people
saying to do it both ways . Thanks in advance.

[Mister Gardener]

I have a couple of heaters whose controls are little rubber stumps and
require me twisting them over and over to set the temperature. When I
forget which way to turn, I just keep on going in one direction and then
the other until the light comes on. I think my Hagens with those knobs
are counter clockwise in the US, anti clockwise in other countries.

MG

[Harl Myers]

You still got it! I needed a chuckle today, Thanks.

[Chris Tsao]

Thank you, I have been up all night checking in case the temperature
went up. The water was at 80 degrees, so I had no leeway to
experiment. It went down to 79 degrees. 78 or 77 would be ideal. I
forgot which way I turned it to get it to 79 degrees since I kept on
trying both and the temperature went up both ways.

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[NetMax]

I think you need to put the heater in a smaller container of water to
test it, something like a large glass vase. This will give you faster
feedback as to which way is ON. I fill the sink with water and put
the heater completely underwater. For smaller heaters, you can leave
your hand on the elements (ie:100W), for larger heaters, you have to
touch lightly and quickly (or watch for the heat ripples in the
water). hth

NetMax

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[Mister Gardener]

Thanks. I'm glad I haven't lost it. It wanders away sometimes. But if you happen to stumble over it, please send it home.

MG

[Mister Gardener]

Coincidentally, I've been trying to regulate the temperature of a new temporary 10 gallon and I am nearly out of heaters. So I pulled out one of my 2 horrible Hagens and over the past 48 hours the water temperature has ranged between 60 and 94. I know that once I find the right spot it will hold the temperature well, but until then, I'll be tweaking the nubbie every couple of hours. The water is 70 this morning, and my target is 80, so I have some more twiddling to do.

This is going to be a weekend of twiddling. After 25 years of me begging Missus Gardener to get into using a computer, a couple of weeks ago her occupational therapist suggested she get a laptop. And suddenly, she wants a laptop. Her new Dell arrived yesterday and this morning I took her to the guided tour of Windows, planning to leave her at it while I got some other things done. I was barely out of the room when she called, "it says to click to continue. how and what do i click?" So watch out folks. I'm picking up a router today and by tonight she will be unleashed on millions of internet users. Duck your heads and put up your firewalls.

MG

[Altum]

The Hagen mini submersibles I use go clockwise to raise, counter-
clockwise to lower. I don't know if it's the same on all models.

--Altum

[Chris Tsao]

Unless I forgot already, I found out that if I turn the knob to the
right, it lowered the temperature. (I called up some Petland Discount
stores until I found someone who knew.) There are preset numbers up
and down the shaft that only appear as I twist the knob.

[Chris Tsao]

If an article or someone's post says they turned theirs "anti-
clockwise" to lower the temperature and not counter-clockwise, then
that probably means their in Europe, so if you have one from America,
so you turn it clockwise. I kept seeing the word anti-clockwise.

On Apr 18, 6:20 am, Mister Gardener <mistergarde...@email.toast.net>
wrote:

[Chris Tsao]

I found out that the black dots that are along the shaft of the heater
get numbers on them when I twist the knob.

[Andy Gratton]

Yup  over this side of the pond  we say  Anti-Clockwise as opposed  to Counter- Clockwise lol

2009/4/24 Chris Tsao <rigid...@aol.com>

[Rebecca Turp]

Or how about widdershins? Just to confuse matters :P lol

2009/4/24 Andy Gratton <angler...@googlemail.com>

[Mister Gardener]

Chip - I am referring to a couple of my heaters whose adjustment knobs are the opposite of what most of us are used to. These heaters require that the knob be turned in the direction that a clock does NOT turn, which is called counter clockwise in the US and anti-clockwise in Europe.

MG

[Mister Gardener]

Here in the US we still use the British threading for our propane connectors. I get flustrated every time I replace the tank on my gas grill.
Lefty Loosey and Righty Tighty does not work on propane tanks.
MG

[Mister Gardener]

Hee hee - that's a good one. I had to look it up:
wid·der·shins  (wdr-shnz) or with·er·shins (w-)

adv.

In a contrary or counterclockwise direction: "The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins" Anthony Bailey.

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[Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German widersinnes : wider, back (from Old High German widar; see wi- in Indo-European roots) + sinnes, in the direction of (from sin, direction, from Old High German; see sent- in Indo-European roots).]

[Andy Gratton]

hmmmmmmmmmmm  another Pratchett reader  I see  ( Nanny Ogg Rules )

2009/4/24 Rebecca Turp <rebec...@gmail.com>