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emergency light cutoff for heat issues?
Does anyone know of some sort of device that will turn things (light lights and/or pumps) off if a tank reaches a certain temp threshold?
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Most of the controllers on the market do that. I have the older Aqua Controller II, but I think even the less expensive Aqua Controller Jr can do that job.
I set mine that if the tank gets to 85F, all my lights shut off. Actually, they turn off in sequence once the tank is at 84F, and as it gets hotter, each subsequent light is shut off. I also use it to turn on heaters, and it would be possible to even hook up cooling fans with such a device.
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I'd like to bump this to possibly hear how other people manage extremes that you may experience.
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I use it to turn off halides after 85 degrees. My heater is turned off when temp is greater than 80.
Also, I use it to prevent my dosing pump from pumping through the kalk reactor if the pH is over 8.5
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I also use an Aquacontroller JR to shut off my lights if it gets too hot. It is set to have fans come on at 82 and then if that does not work and temps reach 84 the daylight lamps go off and at 85, the actinics do too. Plus an alarm is set off at 86.
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Ranco or medusa would be the simplest option.
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And for the complete story about my redundancy.
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i think the reefkeeper 2 also will turn off your lights at a certain temperature
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I use a AC3 and a ACJR to do this. I also use mine like mentioned above.. It cuts heaters on and off at set temps and cuts cooling fans on and off at set temps.. A dual stage temperature controller will do the same but they run about 150-200 bucks and dont control all the other things a AC or Reefkeeper will.
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the reef keeper 2 does this as well, my halides will cut off at 84 degrees, fans come on at 80 degrees and turn off if below 78 degrees, heater turns off if tank reaches 80 degrees, i have also considered turing the halides on if the tank drops to a certain degree just incase there is a heater failure in the winter ( i know it is not likely but why not?). The controller is by far the best investment i have made, if not only for the peace of mind while i am not home.
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