RKL Question - Timers

[Tim Plow]

I just hooked up the RKL and have been playing around with the settings. I was needing help in regard to setting multiple timers. There is a multi-timer output, but it looks like it only allows you to program a max of two timers. Is there a way to do more than two?

The reason I ask is I bought a couple of BRS dosing pumps to dose my alk and calc. Per the instructions on the dosers, the pump life is extended on the pump if it is ran on shorter durations with a recommendation to keep each duration less than an hour at a time. In order to keep my alk and calc up, I must run the pump longer than the recommended hour using only two timers. Therefore, if I could program more than two timers on each channel, I could run more timers at less duration. Hopefully, that make sense. Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[touhy]

If I understand your question correctly, you do not need more than one timer for each doser. For example, for my Ca, I set timer 1 for on duration 3 mins; then off duration for 57 mins; then cycle for 24. Start time is 9:00am. So the ca doser runs from 0900-0903; then off from 0903-1000. Then runs from 1000-1003' then off from 1003-1100' etc. So it runs for 3 mins the start of each hour.
My alk does same but starts at 0930 using timer 2.
Thus each doser only runs for a few mins each time.

 

[Tim Plow]

If I understand your question correctly, you do not need more than one timer for each doser. For example, for my Ca, I set timer 1 for on duration 3 mins; then off duration for 57 mins; then cycle for 24. Start time is 9:00am. So the ca doser runs from 0900-0903; then off from 0903-1000. Then runs from 1000-1003' then off from 1003-1100' etc. So it runs for 3 mins the start of each hour.
My alk does same but starts at 0930 using timer 2.
Thus each doser only runs for a few mins each time.

Gotcha...I wasn't using the "off duration" and "repeat count", but only the "on duration" function. Thanks for the help. I'll let you know if I have any trouble.

 

[youngreef180]

Hey Tim glad to see your going automated let us know how it works out.