proposed tunze setup

[lovetoreef]

hi -

i have a 70 gallon cubish tank (24" wide, 24" tall and 28" front to back) that i currently use a vortech pump and tunze 6025 on for current ... mixed reef

without going into details, i am tired of the vortech pump (had to send in several times for repair - loud etc.), but, i have used it in the past b/c of the battery backup feature

i just read about the safety connector and i am considering the following plan ...

2 tunze nano 6055 with a 7095 controller on each side of the tank with a pulse setting to create a nice random wave

as for the battery backup, would taking the following battery and parts with a safety connector work well?

http://www.batterymart.com/merchant...de=12v-35ah-sealed-lead-acid-battery-group-u1
http://www.batterymart.com/p-12v-500ma-sealed-lead-acid-battery-charger-2.html

they way it is setup, would the safety connector provide power to both pumps or only the one pump that it hooked up to?? how long could i expect for the pumps to run??

Thanks - i realize this is a bit out of the realm, but, since tunze doesn't carry a nice and easy battery, i am having to branch out here - fortunately, they make a superior product everywhere else

 

[rvitko]

I believe that our system is superior because it is versatile, you can connect solar panels as well as batteries and the size of the battery is completely up to you. It isn't a simple but the versatility is a big point. It also is much cheaper to ship, since you can always buy batteries locally and even a 12V lantern battery can run the pump so you can use disposables as well in a pinch. We did a test and found two 6V lantern batteries wired in series will run a 6055 for over 6 hours. You can get these even at a 7/11 or Walgreens in a worst case scenario so should your battery die, as long as some store is open you will be able to keep running.

The set up you have listed will work, you will need a complete set up for each pump but realistically running one pump in an emergency is probably quite sufficient to keep up the oxygen levels. With 12V the pump will run at half power, it needs 24V for full power. The pump will run for at least a day and likely 2 with the battery you have picked out.

 

[lovetoreef]

thanks - i have to agree - there are numerous possibilities -

thank you for the prompt reply - i believe i may wait till the new nano wave box comes out - thanks.

 

[yeldarbj]

Roger, I'm going to tag along on this thread. I have a Xantrex UPS battery backup. I think it has a 40 Ah battery. I just tested it with my 6055 set to 12V and got around 40 hours of run time. It's on a single controller and I set each pulse at 100%.

When you use the safety connector connected to a 12V battery, do you need to set the 6055 to 12V mode? Or will it automatically change based on the voltage it receives from the battery? Will this hurt the pump?

I was thinking about doing a very similar setup to what lovetoreef linked to because the UPS box takes up so much space, but I want to normally run the 6055 at full 24V power.

 

[rvitko]

You totally bypass the power supply so it is in 12V mode. The power goes straight from the battery to the pump using the safety connector so you don't have the losses of converting it to 110 and back to 12V.

 

[lovetoreef]

i guess it is okay to take this off topic since it is my thread

do you mind giving me feedback on the proposed circulation plan ...

i currently use a velocity t4 for a return pump with an oceansmotions 2 way squirt ... the tank is 24" wide, 24" tall and 28" front to back - it is a mixed reef with sps - ideally, i would love to have the return with a 6055 and nano wavebox for flow - the 6055 in one back corner and the wavebox in the other - thoughts?

 

[rvitko]

I think it would work fine, I would need a final working version of the 6206 to be certain I am pleased with the results in a two ft tank but it should work.

 

[OneThunder]

whoa, wait wait wait. Let's go back to the "solar panels". What? Are you saying you can install solar panels to run the pumps? Huh?

 

[lovetoreef]

i believe the way it is set up is to put solar panels to run it in a backup mode - i suppose you could run it full time on solar panels, but, it only operates at 50% on solar panels.

cool feature anyways though!

 

[rvitko]

Yes, if you disconnected the power supply from the safety connector it would run full time on solar panels. You would need a system that produces 24V and .5A to get full power from the pumps and ideally these would charge a battery which would then run the pumps to account for clouds and reduced panel output in early and late day.