Discuss electrical solutions
Bobby finally had a little time to come over and I put him to work. I needed a number of things resolved or completed. Two outlets in my home were flakey with bad connections, so he swapped those out. The AquaController 3 had stopped communicating with all the x-10 modules in the sump area, and he had the tool to replace the phone jack connectors on the wiring to the kind that fit the sockets correctly. All four were replaced to get a good connection, and now the x-10s ...
With the heavy snows, epic winds and strong thunderstorms of the past 3 months (in the Cleveland, OH area) combined with my increasing investment in my fledgling reef, I have to really consider some sort of power generator to get through power outages. The problem is, I have no knowledge or experience with any of them. I have read a bit on various forums on website, but ultimately I like to hear from people with personal experience with them. So, tell me what you ...
Updated 04-28-2011 at 12:01 PM by gist41980 (spelling, as usual)
Allot has been done since my last update and I’m happy to say the light is working! And hanging! I made my black acrylic housings what allow for a piece of glass to slide in, this will protect from spray and splashing. I used U channel aluminum to attach the 2 units together and hung it with my existing hanging kit from my old fixture. ...
Updated 04-17-2011 at 11:22 PM by baker.shawn
LINK TO PART 1 (INTRO) -> http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...n-(SOL-rip-off) Everything arrived today!!!!!!!! My initial thought so far: 1) These LEDs are REALLY small I expected them to be much larger, same with the drivers an optics 2) Rapid led gave me adhesive rather than ...
Ok, waters have cleared and everything appears to be bouncing back. I took the time this last week to get all the new goodies I recently acquired set up and running on the tank. I'll add some pictures later of the different setups. I added a Vortech Battery backup and installed the wireless expansion chip from EcoTech into my MP10es, making it a MP10wES. I mounted the battery backup in the rear of my stand. In front of the backup, I mounted a 6x6x4 weatherproof ...