Sorry for the lack of posting here, life has been busy lately so not much time for RC
I have done a little on the tank setup:
Finished removing the wall:
Tank support:
On the footings I needed 3 courses of block and a few shims to get it nice and level. I sistered the existing floor joist with 2ea 2x10's and 2ea 3/4" ply in a sandwich, then bolted it all together with 1/2" bolts. So now I essentially have 3ea 6"x10" beams spanning less than 3 feet for the main tank support. Overkill is cheaper than a engineer any day of the week
I found the outdoor utility building I plan to use for the outdoor sump:
Inside dimensions are just under 3'x8'. Should have just enough room for sump and a water holding container for water changes. It was on sale at Sears and will be delivered Saturday. Now I just need to get motivated to go dig and pour concrete for the floor in 100 degree weather
I am also waiting on the 1/8" sheet PVC to come in to line the interior walls of the closet with.
Guess what else I am waiting for? LOL The DJ strips are backordered and wont ship for another few days so no power center fun either
Eric, almost got it on the electrical. Lets use a pump for example: The powercord will plug into one of the duplex outlets that you see, this will be plugged into the back of the DJ panels that are wired to a rocker switch. I will cut the main power cord to the DJ panels off and wire each switch to the pigtails of the powercords you see in the box with connectors installed. The ends of these plugs will go into the Neptune DC8's.
So controller turns on circuit. Power goes form DC8 to DJ panel that lights up the rocker switch so I can see the circuit is energized. Power continues to the duplex where the light is plugged into and energizes the pump. If for some reason I need to turn off the pump quickly I can simply throw the switch instead of going through controller menus. I have a setup like this with 2 DJ panels and a AC jr on my current tank and it is awesome.
A good example of how I use it now is that my heater switch is turned off for the summer. When winter comes I simply turn the switch back on and the controller doesn't need any reprogramming.
