Seasonal Variations

[meschaefer]

How many people out there are using the seasonal temperature and light variation options?

 

[dhoch]

I am....

Allthough I decreased the seasonal temp variation...

I used the great barrier reef...and a website from NOAA (see my web site for more information) to determine my sunrise/sunset information.

Also I run opposite of the natural cycle (I'm going into my winter cycle, shorter light and cooler temps now).

Dave

 

[HotHotHot]

Me too, but I bumped the light cycle back by 2 hours for evening viewing.

Ed

 

[DrBDC]

I use the temperature one but I bumped it up to keep my reef 79-83 depending on the time of year by making the lows 78-80.5 and the lights/pumps do the rest.

 

[meschaefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7502102#post7502102 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhoch
I am....

Allthough I decreased the seasonal temp variation...

I used the great barrier reef...and a website from NOAA (see my web site for more information) to determine my sunrise/sunset information.

Also I run opposite of the natural cycle (I'm going into my winter cycle, shorter light and cooler temps now).

Dave

I just got my AC Jr. and I absolutely love this thing. I never realized how much temp swing I had until I could have it continually monitored and data logged.

I thought about switching the winter/summer timing so that the lights where on less hours in the summer, but i am not running a chiller and I don't think I could get the temp down to 76 in the summer, while it would be easy during the winter.

Is there anbody who has conciously made a decesion not to runs seasonal variation...why?

 

[jleichtman]

Are you able to adjust the temp across the board?

if I want a +2 to the "Seasonal Temps" could this be done?

Thanks

 

[dhoch]

Yes, easily....

 

[meschaefer]

What would be the code to have the lights come on two hours after "sunrise" and off two hours after "sunset"

 

[dhoch]

Here are my program statements:
If Sun -120/120 Then ACT ON
If Sun -030/030 Then ML1 ON
If Sun 120/-120 Then ML2 ON
If Sun -075/075 Then MLS OFF

Actinics come on 2 hours (120 mins) before my sunrise time and go off 2 hours after my sunset time.

ML1 come on 30 mins before my sunrise time and go off 30 mins after my sunset time.

ML2 come on 2 hours after my sunrise time and go off 2 hours before my sunset time

and

MLS refugium lights Come on 75 mins after sunset and go off 75 mins after sunrise.

My times may be confusing but the statements are what you are looking for (my sunrise and sunset are shifted to give me what I want ~12 hours average of lighting per day... more in the tanks summer time (winter), less in the the tanks winter (summer time).

See my website for more info: http://www.danj.com/reef

Dave

 

[meschaefer]

Would I be corrrect in assuming that

If Sun 000/000 the ML1 would turn ML1 on at sunrise and off at sunset.

So 120/120 would turn the light on and off two hours after sunrise/sunset?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7515656#post7515656 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhoch
Here are my program statements:
If Sun -120/120 Then ACT ON
If Sun -030/030 Then ML1 ON
If Sun 120/-120 Then ML2 ON
If Sun -075/075 Then MLS OFF

Actinics come on 2 hours (120 mins) before my sunrise time and go off 2 hours after my sunset time.

ML1 come on 30 mins before my sunrise time and go off 30 mins after my sunset time.

ML2 come on 2 hours after my sunrise time and go off 2 hours before my sunset time

and

MLS refugium lights Come on 75 mins after sunset and go off 75 mins after sunrise.

My times may be confusing but the statements are what you are looking for (my sunrise and sunset are shifted to give me what I want ~12 hours average of lighting per day... more in the tanks summer time (winter), less in the the tanks winter (summer time).

See my website for more info: http://www.danj.com/reef

Dave

 

[dhoch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7516063#post7516063 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by meschaefer
Would I be corrrect in assuming that

If Sun 000/000 the ML1 would turn ML1 on at sunrise and off at sunset.

So 120/120 would turn the light on and off two hours after sunrise/sunset?

That's correct.

Dave