Your Electrician Here - Page 2

WaterKeeper · #26 03/23/2007, 08:42 PM

Well if it has "compact and stylish design" I would flaunt it and not hide it flush with tank stand.

0 Agios · #27 03/23/2007, 08:43 PM

Ok I am back that lobster was excellent. Deep6 select a 20 - 30 dollar timer any make just make sure it switches inductive loads (some work only with resistive) http://www.youdoitelectronics.com/id333_m.htm you can also Google timers. Now you need to reverse the way the timer works so you have to get a single pole normally closed relay with its enclosure. The relays coil has to also be 120volts. THAT SIMPLE PEOPLE !!!!! I AM HERE TO HELP MY FELLOW REEFERS !!!

WaterKeeper · #28 03/23/2007, 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by 0 Agios
I AM HERE TO HELP MY FELLOW REEFERS !!!

Not me, I'm here to dumbfound them with useless information.

Randall_James · #29 03/23/2007, 10:09 PM

On the off/on timer problem, I have always killed my pumps for feeding. I use a regular "tab" type timer. They have a manual rotary wheel for turning them off and on. Many times people forget to turn the pumps back on and an hour or 2 really is not an issue....so I remove all the "red" off tabs and put the "green" on tabs every couple hours.. When time to feed, I use the manual switch to kill the pumps and if I forget to turn them back on in 10 minutes or so, they will come back on in an hour or so anyway. No more turning around, going back to the house to make sure pumps are running

hope this helps

Deep6 · #30 03/24/2007, 06:17 AM

Thank you very much 0 Agios, I have asked this question a number of times in the past and never got a responce. That is exactly what I was after! Nice job!

0 Agios · #31 03/24/2007, 06:32 AM

Deep6 it sounds like something I need also so I am going to get the parts and put it together. Is 30 minutes the time to feed or should I use one of those turn timers adjustable from 0 to 30 minutes ?

0 Agios · #32 03/24/2007, 06:54 AM

K, I have a question. I am setting up my 90 gallon and through a standard, grounded outlet, what is the maximum wattage I would want to see pulled through? 800 watts of halides, 2 heaters, plus all the pumps...ballpark 1500 - 2000 watts. Would this be safe?

Good morning everyone. Ok we use Ohms law to figure this out. to find the size of breaker 1) add all wattages. 800w+200w+200w=1200w total. Now devide the total watts by voltage. 1200w/120volts=10 Amps. So a 15 amp circuit breaker would be fine. if the equipment was 220 volts than 1200w/220volts=5.4 amps (220v needs a 2pole breaker). My advice: First pull out the breaker you will use and check the back of the breaker(contacts) for any burn marks. Old breaker tend to have loose contacts specially GE,Challenger,Murry. If you see loose contacts than replace the circuit breaker with a new one. Continues loads (more than 3 hrs running) according to NEC have to be calculated at 125% so a 10amp load has to be calculated in your addition for 12.5 amps. In old wiring connections in wiring also can fail I would recommend a separate circuit if you can afford that or open all the boxes and replace wire nuts(very cheap) so that you can assure you have good connections all the way to the fish tank. IF LIGHTS ARE DIMMING WHEN EVERYTHING IS ON....CHECK ALL WIRING CONNECTIONS (thats the number 1 cause of fires)

0 Agios · #33 03/24/2007, 07:46 AM

0 Agios · #34 03/24/2007, 07:48 AM

well thanks to adams got the photobucket working. Many thanks Adams.

0 Agios · #35 03/24/2007, 08:23 AM

Heres a nice timer that I will probaly use with a relay to create a feeding timer

Deep6 · #36 03/24/2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by WaterKeeper
Not me, I'm here to dumbfound them with useless information.

Thanks!! That is the deal, just what I wanted. You are the man, I have posted this question several times and never got a responce. Nice Job!!

Deep6 · #37 03/24/2007, 03:03 PM

Opps I quoted the wrong post that was 0 Agios I was trying to quote on the feeding timer. Thanks again.

WaterKeeper · #38 03/24/2007, 03:19 PM

0 Agios · #39 03/24/2007, 04:26 PM

Ok Deep6 you still have to pay.

Deep6 · #40 03/24/2007, 04:53 PM

oh man nothing in life is free. Oh well send me a PM, I do have some hooks.

0 Agios · #41 03/24/2007, 07:59 PM

bzzzzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzzzzzzzz booooooooom (prevent this by asking 0 Agios your electrical questions.

Ed Ricketts · #42 03/24/2007, 10:00 PM

O honorable Agios

Wondering about wiring a thermostaticly controlled fan to exhaust air from the room when the temp hits, say 85, but shut off once it cools back down to 75 or so. I have a standard 50 cfm fan wired in now through a $10 rotary thermostat that I picked up from Lowe's. Trouble is, fan comes on when the room's cool (less than 70F) and goes off when it gets warmer. Additionally, no "instructions" with cheap themistat device, but there's just a red and black going in and coming out. Sounds like should be a straight forward problem, but I sense that I may need to purchase another $10 device from Home Depot that specifically says it does,....what exactly?

Any ideas?

With your offer of problem solving, I'd guess the traffic on this thread will test your typing skills. Try hiring a transcriptionist if things get too busy.

Thanks (and nice 'Ho)

0 Agios · #43 03/25/2007, 07:09 PM

This is 0 Agios engineer. 0 Agios hired me to answer all your questions till he comes back with his private airplane. Ok my friend Ed Ricketts the black and read go in series with the load. Another words break 1 of the cord wires and connect in between. Make sure the thermostat is rated for 120 volts because most are 24 volts.

barjam · #44 03/25/2007, 08:58 PM

0 Agios, the company that makes those also makes DPST (or is it SPDT) anyhow, whatever the one that can be used in reverse mode (turn back on at the end of X minutes).

The problem is that it costs about ~37 bucks shipped.

0 Agios · #45 03/25/2007, 10:42 PM

well you don't want to pay the 37 bucks, you don't want this you don't want that.............. I am not a magician OK? ok ok how much can you afford to pay for a thermostat ? cheeeeeeeeee

Alphabet · #46 03/25/2007, 11:20 PM

Nice rig there you gonna use that to dig a spot for your tank?

0 Agios · #47 03/26/2007, 10:55 AM

Digging my new sump Alphabet.

barjam · #48 03/26/2007, 01:49 PM

Ok Mr. Electrician guy... what is the tripping voltage of a GFI? I recently had some equipment that went bad that caused the water to be able to shock me (but this shock did not trip the GFI). With a multimeter I was able to measure ~ 11vac.

The GFI is in working order as I once poured saltwater directly onto a powerstrip and it tripped. Yea, don't ask. =)

0 Agios · #49 03/26/2007, 07:15 PM

Ok barjam thanks for the work. GFIs trip by sensing a difference in current between neutral and hot. If the current is different by 5-30 m-amps (0.005-0.030 amps) then a GFI trips. The reason you got socket is because you didn't have proper grounding. See you can have a GFI and think you are protected NOOOO. You should have a GFI but most important is to have proper grounding.

ruarox · #50 03/26/2007, 08:50 PM

my friends fish are loosing their color and some are getting white spots and tonight he got shocked while cleaning filter what can he do to fix this problem