programing question of AC jr

[Drewpy]

Neptune guys...
I have an AC jr... Great product so far...

Two questions:
1) As presented will the heater turn off at 82 degrees? My plan was to let the digital heater maintain temperature and use the AC jr as a back up safety if the heater failed and stayed in the on position.

2) The power heads create a gentle alternating flow i like most of the time set like this. However, can i program all of them to come on at the same time for half an hour two or three seperate times a day to really stir things up? While keeping the same random schedule the rest of the day?

These are my commands so far (all in order as presented):

Actinic Lights (blue lights)
IF TIME > 5:30
THEN ACT ON
IF TIME > 10:00
THEN ACT OFF
IF TIME > 15:00
THEN ACT ON
IF TIME > 23:00
THEN ACT OFF

Day Lights
IF TIME > 6:00
THEN DAY ON
IF TIME > 9:00 THEN
DAY OFF
IF TIME > 16:00
THEN DAY ON
IF TIME > 22:00
THEN DAY OFF

Refugium Light
IF TIME > 5:30
THEN REF ON
IF TIME > 23:00
THEN REF OFF

Filter and Refugium Circulation Pump
IF TIME > 00:00
THEN FIL ON

Temperature Control
IF TIME > 00:00
THEN HET ON
IF TEMP > 82Ã"šÃ‚°
THEN HET OFF
IF TEMP > 82Ã"šÃ‚°
THEN ACT OFF
IF TEMP > 82Ã"šÃ‚°
THEN DAY OFF


Powerheads (pump 1 and 2, 3, 4)
RND 10/30 ON
THEN P12 ON
RND 10/30 ON
THEN P3 ON
RND 10/30 ON
THEN P4 ON

Feeding Cycle
IF FEED CYCLE
THEN FIL OFF
IF FEED CYCLE
THEN P12 OFF
IF FEED CYCLE
THEN P3 OFF
IF FEED CYCLE
THEN P4 OFF



Thanks for your help,

 

[Sparkss]

The AC Jr will turn the heater off at 82.1 (at least from my experience with my own, it has to be greater than the set temp..so the next increment up/down).

Not really sure about your power heads.. I would think that a simple timer on/off pair of commands would suffice, as I don't see how they would conflict with the random ones, that is if you have enough lines of programming space for everything

Best of luck with it

 

[clp]

Yes, the heater will shut off if the temperature is over 82.
Yes, do something like this:

If Time > 8:00 Then FLO ON
If Time > 8:30 Then FLO OFF
If Time > 16:30 Then FLO ON
If Time > 17:00 Then FLO OFF
If Time > 00:00 Then FLO ON
If Time > 00:30 Then FLO OFF
RND 10/30 ON THEN P12 ON
RND 10/30 ON THEN P3 ON
RND 10/30 ON THEN P4 ON
If Timer FLO = ON Then P12 ON
If Timer FLO = ON Then P3 ON
If Timer FLO = ON Then P4 ON

Curt