Roger,
Because I can't leave well enough alone and because I just have to tinker, I found out how to almost double the size of the wave on my 180. I wanted to run this by you first to make sure I wasn't voiding the warranty or causing any premature damage to my Tunze system.
My system consists of a Wavebox and 2 Stream 6100's. On the left side of the tank I have the Wave box mounted in the front corner and directly behind it is a Stream. On the right I have the other Stream centered and pointing toward the middle. Currently I have the 2 Streams running on a 6 hour Interval with night mode enabled. The Wavebox runs 24/7 independently of the Streams. It produces a wave just a little over an inch high.
In order to get the "tsunami wave" I plugged the "Slave" cord from the Wavebox controller into the driver of the left side Stream that is next to the Wavebox. The controller is set to the default "sync" mode. My logic was that when the Wavebox emptied itself the associated stream would also turn on and push even more water to the right in unison with the Wavebox. The result was a 2"+ wave! Which really means a 1" rise and fall from the resting water line. The wave action is a lot more chaotic than the rocking motion in the standard mode.
If this configuration is not harmful to the system, I was thinking that this would be a great fix for people with larger tanks that don't think they are getting quite enough wave action. Especially since most Wavebox purchasers already have Streams in their tanks. May be an alternative to purchasing the Wavebox Extension.
Another configuration I was brainstorming was to set the Wavebox controller to the "inverse" mode. (Which alternates 2 Wavebox's on opposite ends of the tank) Connect the Wavebox and Stream on one side of the tank to the "Master" cord via a "Y" adapter to the controller. Then on the other side of the tank connect that Stream to the "Slave" side of the controller. This would have a Wavebox and a Stream on one side and a single Stream on the other alternating in sync with each via the Wavebox controller.
This is an amazing product and if these configs are ok to use, the flexibility of the Tunze system just went through the roof!
I am trying to figure out how to post a movie from my Mac so I can show you guys what I'm talking about. Roger, you're a Mac user aren't you...any pointers?
Enough rambling - anxiously awaiting your input,
Luis
Because I can't leave well enough alone and because I just have to tinker, I found out how to almost double the size of the wave on my 180. I wanted to run this by you first to make sure I wasn't voiding the warranty or causing any premature damage to my Tunze system.
My system consists of a Wavebox and 2 Stream 6100's. On the left side of the tank I have the Wave box mounted in the front corner and directly behind it is a Stream. On the right I have the other Stream centered and pointing toward the middle. Currently I have the 2 Streams running on a 6 hour Interval with night mode enabled. The Wavebox runs 24/7 independently of the Streams. It produces a wave just a little over an inch high.
In order to get the "tsunami wave" I plugged the "Slave" cord from the Wavebox controller into the driver of the left side Stream that is next to the Wavebox. The controller is set to the default "sync" mode. My logic was that when the Wavebox emptied itself the associated stream would also turn on and push even more water to the right in unison with the Wavebox. The result was a 2"+ wave! Which really means a 1" rise and fall from the resting water line. The wave action is a lot more chaotic than the rocking motion in the standard mode.
If this configuration is not harmful to the system, I was thinking that this would be a great fix for people with larger tanks that don't think they are getting quite enough wave action. Especially since most Wavebox purchasers already have Streams in their tanks. May be an alternative to purchasing the Wavebox Extension.
Another configuration I was brainstorming was to set the Wavebox controller to the "inverse" mode. (Which alternates 2 Wavebox's on opposite ends of the tank) Connect the Wavebox and Stream on one side of the tank to the "Master" cord via a "Y" adapter to the controller. Then on the other side of the tank connect that Stream to the "Slave" side of the controller. This would have a Wavebox and a Stream on one side and a single Stream on the other alternating in sync with each via the Wavebox controller.
This is an amazing product and if these configs are ok to use, the flexibility of the Tunze system just went through the roof!
I am trying to figure out how to post a movie from my Mac so I can show you guys what I'm talking about. Roger, you're a Mac user aren't you...any pointers?
Enough rambling - anxiously awaiting your input,
Luis
