Reluctantly gave up my last tanks during a series of moves, and although my wife (GF at the time) enjoyed them, she hated all the crap that went wrong. Like the time we were headed out on a date, but stopped by my apartment to pick some things up only to find the floor flooded and ended up cancelling our plans to deal with it.
So she finally gives me the go ahead to start the hobby up again, knowing how much I enjoy it. I decided to go with a nano, primarily for space and cost reasons, but also to minimize equipment and keep it simple until we have the space and can afford to build a really solid system.
I'm headed out of town tonight for a few days (job interviews, wish me luck). So I get the float switches from DA for the RKL. Set it up last night and tested several times and all seems fine, other than the fact that the MJ900 running it is a bit of overkill as I have a 4x6x8.5" skimmer box and it doesn't take much evaporation/top-off to trigger the switch, so I probably need to dail that back or use a smaller pump. Anyways, I was very comfortable with the way it was working and made quite the effort to show my wife how well setup everything was and that we shouldn't have any issues.
Sitting on the sofa watching tv this morning before heading to work. I hear the ATO kick on, and go over to check on it and make sure everything is running as planned. CRAP, water is at the top of the frame and rising. CRAP CRAP CRAP, water is now on the floor. Quickly unplug the pump. Not sure what is going on, as the float is up, and should have cut the water.
Pull the feed line out of the tank and put it in a bucket. Manually trigger the switch and it kicks on, release it and it keeps running. Wondering if I have some weird setup that defys physics and allows the water to keep running. The RKL headunit shows that the ATO pump isn't getting power, but can feel the vibrations from the pump running through the feed line. hmmm. unplug the pump and plug it back in, and it stays turned off. Using the headunit, manually turn on the pump, let it run for a few seconds, and then turn it off with the headunit. Headunit is showing 0.00 for the plug meaning it isn't getting power, yet the pump continues to run.
Not sure why the failure on this, have contacted DA and hoping to hear back soon. Was quite excited about this controller and how it should make this a well automated tank with minimal chances for problems, yet I managed to already screw that one up. Oh well, such is the life of reefing I guess.
So she finally gives me the go ahead to start the hobby up again, knowing how much I enjoy it. I decided to go with a nano, primarily for space and cost reasons, but also to minimize equipment and keep it simple until we have the space and can afford to build a really solid system.
I'm headed out of town tonight for a few days (job interviews, wish me luck). So I get the float switches from DA for the RKL. Set it up last night and tested several times and all seems fine, other than the fact that the MJ900 running it is a bit of overkill as I have a 4x6x8.5" skimmer box and it doesn't take much evaporation/top-off to trigger the switch, so I probably need to dail that back or use a smaller pump. Anyways, I was very comfortable with the way it was working and made quite the effort to show my wife how well setup everything was and that we shouldn't have any issues.
Sitting on the sofa watching tv this morning before heading to work. I hear the ATO kick on, and go over to check on it and make sure everything is running as planned. CRAP, water is at the top of the frame and rising. CRAP CRAP CRAP, water is now on the floor. Quickly unplug the pump. Not sure what is going on, as the float is up, and should have cut the water.
Pull the feed line out of the tank and put it in a bucket. Manually trigger the switch and it kicks on, release it and it keeps running. Wondering if I have some weird setup that defys physics and allows the water to keep running. The RKL headunit shows that the ATO pump isn't getting power, but can feel the vibrations from the pump running through the feed line. hmmm. unplug the pump and plug it back in, and it stays turned off. Using the headunit, manually turn on the pump, let it run for a few seconds, and then turn it off with the headunit. Headunit is showing 0.00 for the plug meaning it isn't getting power, yet the pump continues to run.
Not sure why the failure on this, have contacted DA and hoping to hear back soon. Was quite excited about this controller and how it should make this a well automated tank with minimal chances for problems, yet I managed to already screw that one up. Oh well, such is the life of reefing I guess.
