Reefkeeper lite temp climbing

[PC_LOAD_LTR]

It started this week. Have had the same equipment for the last 5 years with no problem. Reefkeeper lite and finnex titanium heater. Has been keeping my 120 at 75.4 degrees f for the last 9 months. And no problems (other than the itemp error when i bumped the cord) on my previous tank either.

Over the weekend, my temp reading went into the 80s! I confirmed this reading against a calibration thermometer. i checked the strip, and it said the heater was off, but the temp kept on climbing, so i unplugged the heater to let it cool back down.

I am now on day 4 of unplugging my heater every 4 to 8 hours to keep the temps down. The system claims that the heater is off, but temp keeps on climbing until i unplug it. Even if i set the heater to off instead of auto

I plan on resetting the controller, reloading the profile, and recalibrating the itemp today. Have a redundant controller coming in a few days just in case

 

[PC_LOAD_LTR]

I picked up the seneye temp controller. It appears that all it accomplished is adding beeping when the temperature gets up to 80. I haven't seen it climb any higher because i have to unplug it to get rid of the beeping

Also noticed that the reefkeeper is reporting 0.5 current draw even though the heater appears to be stuck on


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[n2585722]

It sounds like that output on your PC4 or PB4 is bad. Which output is it? Is the indicator light on the PC4 on or off for that output?

 

[pecan2phat]

Not that uncommon, I have a channel on a PC4 that is stuck on even though the command is for off and the indicator light is off.