Terrible news
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jda123, are you a licensed electrician?
I ask because I am thinking about having two new circuits brought in specifically for everything on the tank. Right now it is run off the same circuit as the entertainment center, and that just seems like a recipe for disaster at some point in the future.
Or does anyone know someone of the forums that hires out for electrical work? I would rather have someone that understands the final use to provide some guidance instead of someone out of the phone book.
I ask because I am thinking about having two new circuits brought in specifically for everything on the tank. Right now it is run off the same circuit as the entertainment center, and that just seems like a recipe for disaster at some point in the future.
Or does anyone know someone of the forums that hires out for electrical work? I would rather have someone that understands the final use to provide some guidance instead of someone out of the phone book.
Jda I got the circuits covered, it looks like they were originally wired in series and one of the outlets earlier in the series failed knocking out all the rest further on so I plan on switching them over to being wired in parallel to prevent the same issue in the future plus I will make sure the pumps are split up between circuits for further backup. Right now everything that is going to make it is in my frag tank and still attached to the sump which were both unaffected by the event so I am good there. Just need to get the main tank back in shape so I can bring it back online with the rest of the system but that will take time at this point and then restocking cleaners and biodiversity before I add some test corals back in.
This is why a controller is worth every penny. If temp >75 = text this #, email here, do this.... If power bar or pump A = no power, than email here, alarm this, do that.
My apex has saved my reef a few times already. Even when I was out of town, and my neighbor had to come over. It was worth all the time to document my system, and develop a to do list when certain things can happen...
Glad to see you're on the road to recover, and hopefully you get a reef angle, proflux, reefkeeper, or apex down the road.
My apex has saved my reef a few times already. Even when I was out of town, and my neighbor had to come over. It was worth all the time to document my system, and develop a to do list when certain things can happen...
Glad to see you're on the road to recover, and hopefully you get a reef angle, proflux, reefkeeper, or apex down the road.
The recommendation from Neptune is to run the Apex head unit and one EB8 off some kind of backup.
That way the head unit can start all the emergency messaging. The EB8 that is attached to the battery goes runs the most important items off the battery. That would normally be at least one powerhead in the DT and the sump, plus whatever else you consider critical for the time the
That way the head unit can start all the emergency messaging. The EB8 that is attached to the battery goes runs the most important items off the battery. That would normally be at least one powerhead in the DT and the sump, plus whatever else you consider critical for the time the
Get some 10g and wire 3 30 amp circuits. Return pumps and heater 1 on circuit 1. Tank flow and heater 2 on circuit 2. Lights and chillers on circuit 3. You can spread the rest of the incidentals out amongst the three. No GFI anywhere - I don't need a wish of mist from a fish fart knocking out a circuit.
...not to rub it in or anything, but the lime in the sky came late last week. I will just hold on to it for a while until you are ready.
...not to rub it in or anything, but the lime in the sky came late last week. I will just hold on to it for a while until you are ready.
