Virginia Reef
New member
My search for reliable power strips with timers has eventually led me to the subject of controllers. Never seen one...don't know much of anything about them. I followed a link to one that seemed to have the capability to control individual plugs on a power strip/center. The website info was not of much help to me.
I recently bought an Aquamedic digital timer/powerstrip for some of my lighting needs. After a couple of weeks the timer would no longer turn off the daytime plugs and turn on the nighttime plugs. I have returned the timer for credit. I have later learned that there are concerns with fire hazard with this product. A Google search found several other brand name timer/power strips but all of them looked EXACTLY like the Corallife product. I assume that they are all made by the same company. There are problems with buying individual timers to plug into a powerstrip for lighting control...the timers are so big that you can only get about 2 timers/strip.
I would like to run 2 MH ballasts, 1 T5 ballast, 1 moonlight, 2 heaters, and a fan at a minimum. It seems that the controller aspect provides protection against a rogue heater cooking the tank as well as more flexibility in controlling lighting. Is this correct. I also have a Pinpoint ph monitor, digital thermometer, a kalk reactor, twin dosing pump for kalk and topoff, a skimmer, return pump, and 2 closed loop pumps. There will probably be other devices in the future.
Any comment about the use of controllers and recommendations about specific brands/models would be greatly appreciated.
I recently bought an Aquamedic digital timer/powerstrip for some of my lighting needs. After a couple of weeks the timer would no longer turn off the daytime plugs and turn on the nighttime plugs. I have returned the timer for credit. I have later learned that there are concerns with fire hazard with this product. A Google search found several other brand name timer/power strips but all of them looked EXACTLY like the Corallife product. I assume that they are all made by the same company. There are problems with buying individual timers to plug into a powerstrip for lighting control...the timers are so big that you can only get about 2 timers/strip.
I would like to run 2 MH ballasts, 1 T5 ballast, 1 moonlight, 2 heaters, and a fan at a minimum. It seems that the controller aspect provides protection against a rogue heater cooking the tank as well as more flexibility in controlling lighting. Is this correct. I also have a Pinpoint ph monitor, digital thermometer, a kalk reactor, twin dosing pump for kalk and topoff, a skimmer, return pump, and 2 closed loop pumps. There will probably be other devices in the future.
Any comment about the use of controllers and recommendations about specific brands/models would be greatly appreciated.
