EB8 and tank lights flash

[lifeform]

Occasionally my tanks lights will flash during the time they should be off. I have narrowed the problem to my canopy fans turning off. My canopy fans have an additional program to turn on when the water temp reaches a certain degree. When the canopy fans turn off the tank lights will flash. The three canopy fans are each 12v. I have one 12v power supply plugged into EB8 outlet number 4 and the other two 12v power supplies are plugged into a power strip and the power strip is plugged into the EB8 outlet number 8. Can someone provide the fix for this issue? Thanks.

 

[aquamanic]

This is known to happen with the TRIAC outlets sometimes (1-3, 5-7) when one of the relay outlets, 4&8 turn off. It's interference and simply moving the light to a different outlet usually solves it.

Move your tank light to a different outlet further away from 4 or 8.

 

[lifeform]

I have lights plugged into outlets 1-3 and 5-7. Is there any other fix? Thanks.

This is known to happen with the TRIAC outlets sometimes (1-3, 5-7) when one of the relay outlets, 4&8 turn off. It's interference and simply moving the light to a different outlet usually solves it.

Move your tank light to a different outlet further away from 4 or 8.

 

[aquamanic]

Can you determine if it's the canopy fans plugged into #4 that is causing the problem? If so, find a power strip for them and see if that helps.

 

[lifeform]

I unplugged the 12v power supply that was plugged into outlet #4. Now the 12v power supply is plugged into a power strip and the power strip is plugged into outlet #4 but when the fans turn off the lights continue to flash. Any other suggestion to fix this problem? Thanks.

Can you determine if it's the canopy fans plugged into #4 that is causing the problem? If so, find a power strip for them and see if that helps.

 

[aquamanic]

No other ideas other than email Neptune. It's interference between the TRIAC outlets and the relay outlets. Maybe they can tune something in the EB8, I don't know.