anyone tried to using Jebo WP40?

I just set mine up. I like the W1 and else modes. But since the light resistor seems a bit flaky to control night mode, I was wondering if I can just use my apex and the pumps battery backup to create a night mode. During the day, the apex turns on the WP-40 AC power. At night, the apex turns off the WP-40 AC power. The battery backup at 12V will kick in and run. I have a 22AmpHour 12V deep cycle battery. So, running the pump at 12V for 12 hours should be no problem.

Do others think this will work or am I overlooking something?

FYI: if it's not already obvious, this is my first SW aquarium (90 gallon). My tank is just starting to cycle.
 
easperhe said:
I just set mine up. I like the W1 and else modes. But since the light resistor seems a bit flaky to control night mode, I was wondering if I can just use my apex and the pumps battery backup to create a night mode. During the day, the apex turns on the WP-40 AC power. At night, the apex turns off the WP-40 AC power. The battery backup at 12V will kick in and run. I have a 22AmpHour 12V deep cycle battery. So, running the pump at 12V for 12 hours should be no problem.

Do others think this will work or am I overlooking something?

FYI: if it's not already obvious, this is my first SW aquarium (90 gallon). My tank is just starting to cycle.
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It's not that obvious.
OK, so the light sensor/resistor is a bit flaky... it works, so why do you want to change it? And I'm no expert on reef controllers, but I don't understand how what you want to do is any better than using the flaky sensor? I have 4 of them running on 3 different tanks and they all work OK.
 
I found that the light sensor works great. My LED lights are on from 2 in the afternoon until 10 at night. At 10 my day lights turn off and my moonlights turn on. When the rest of the lights in the house are off, and its just the moon lights, the night sensor kicks on and the pumps drop in power and work as a plain ol powerhead. The moon lights are on from 10 at night to 6 in the morning, if all the curtains are drawn, and it is cloudy like today, the sensor is in complete darkness, which makes the night sensor not work, and it turns the wavemaker back on.
 
easperhe said:
I just set mine up. I like the W1 and else modes. But since the light resistor seems a bit flaky to control night mode, I was wondering if I can just use my apex and the pumps battery backup to create a night mode. During the day, the apex turns on the WP-40 AC power. At night, the apex turns off the WP-40 AC power. The battery backup at 12V will kick in and run. I have a 22AmpHour 12V deep cycle battery. So, running the pump at 12V for 12 hours should be no problem.

Do others think this will work or am I overlooking something?

FYI: if it's not already obvious, this is my first SW aquarium (90 gallon). My tank is just starting to cycle.
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Texanjordan said:
I found that the light sensor works great. My LED lights are on from 2 in the afternoon until 10 at night. At 10 my day lights turn off and my moonlights turn on. When the rest of the lights in the house are off, and its just the moon lights, the night sensor kicks on and the pumps drop in power and work as a plain ol powerhead. The moon lights are on from 10 at night to 6 in the morning, if all the curtains are drawn, and it is cloudy like today, the sensor is in complete darkness, which makes the night sensor not work, and it turns the wavemaker back on.
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Yes the Light Sensor is flaky and will turn the pumps back to full power when in complete darkness.

easperhe what you are talking about doing should work,but seems like an awful lot of work when just replacing the light sensor with the one that was posted in here or the WP25 thread would solve the problem 100%.

Read this...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...postcount=3483

You can also get a better night sensor at Radio Shack.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062590&kw=2062590&sr=1&origkw=2062590
 
To make the light sensor work consistently point it to a reliable light source. I bent the wires 90 degree so the front of the sensor is facing the room light.



 
So it looks like my wp40 controller crapped out. I'm hoping someone can help me out here.

When I have the AC adapter plugged in I get a green flashing light on it. I'm thinking green is good. But when I plug the AC adapter into the controller nothing lights up.

Is there anything I can do/check? Or do I just need to buy another PH?
 
You have the WP 40 with the older Power adapter.
If I understand you correctly the transformer or the part the power cord plugs into has a green light, but the controller does not.

This means the Power Supply is good, but the controller seems to have stopped working.

If you have a voltage meter check the voltage coming out of the transformer.
Red inside, Black outside you should have 24v. If this is true the controller is bad and needs to be replaced.

Contact whoever you bought it from and see what they can do for you.

If you don't have 24v at the DC plug then the output of the Power Supply is crap and you need a new PS. Again contact who you got it from to see what they can do for you.

You are not using any LED dimmers or other voltage regulators are you?
 
+1 on the replacement sensors

I bought 3 packs (2 in each 5 pack fit the controller)

Works much better than the other one, Just need to trim it a little bit with a snip from some scissors.
 
Just did a water test on my system. 150g Display S650 and 48"wide frag tank. I put the WP40 on the Display and it was god but not nearly as good as others I've seen but maybe that is because the tank has a 4 pump closed loop and return that were all on as well.

So I moved it over to the frag tank, its strong and makes a 1" or so wave while the returns are on, that is with the stock controller and on W1 mode.

I plan on having 1 on my frag tank and ordering 1-2 more for my display so maybe 2 or 3 WP40's on my display and 1 on the frag tank.

Not bashing the pump, it is excellent for the price and mine is very quiet just saying some mention 1 is good for a 90g etc I think I need 3 for a 150g SPS system.
 
I need to purchase a new power supply for my WP40. Does not need to be variable. Has anyone found a good aftermarket source?
 
Well my problem was my power supply. When I checked the voltage it was low and fluctuating.

The adapter box is not real water proof. I must have gotten some water in it. I took it apart and cleaned out the gunk, looked like dried skimmate, on the circuit board. Plugged it back in and I'm back in business.
 
lokii_37 said:
Well my problem was my power supply. When I checked the voltage it was low and fluctuating.

The adapter box is not real water proof. I must have gotten some water in it. I took it apart and cleaned out the gunk, looked like dried skimmate, on the circuit board. Plugged it back in and I'm back in business.
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Great to hear that it was something pretty simple.
 
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