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Adam. Sorry your having issues. I will never trust my Apex to control such vital equipment. The Apex and Neptune pumps are just not reliable enough. While they are intended to work with each other. Using them together just doubles the likely hood of a major failure. Can you power the return pump and or the other pumps with an external power supply?
At one point I wanted an Apex controlled pump, now I would not consider controlling my main pump by my Apex if a comparable one was given to me! I love my Aquacontroller 2, Jr, 3 and 3 Pro asi trusted them 100%. I am getting to the point I do not trust my Apex at all!
 
After giving it a little more thought, it would probably be a good idea to inspect your pumps to make sure there is nothing causing them to work harder like some debris, algae, snail or something in them. That may cause them to work harder drawing more current, causing your problem. Good luck!
 
laverda said:
Adam. Sorry your having issues. I will never trust my Apex to control such vital equipment. The Apex and Neptune pumps are just not reliable enough. While they are intended to work with each other. Using them together just doubles the likely hood of a major failure. Can you power the return pump and or the other pumps with an external power supply?
At one point I wanted an Apex controlled pump, now I would not consider controlling my main pump by my Apex if a comparable one was given to me! I love my Aquacontroller 2, Jr, 3 and 3 Pro asi trusted them 100%. I am getting to the point I do not trust my Apex at all!
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Great point, it's always great to eliminate single point failures. I'm running two returns so one is an AC "œdumb" pump that always stays on same with one of the heaters that is set to 72F. So when I wrote "œcrash" it's an exaggeration but still wish it was working as designed.

This is the first issue I've had with the new Apex. My Apex classic always worked flawlessly...


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laverda said:
After giving it a little more thought, it would probably be a good idea to inspect your pumps to make sure there is nothing causing them to work harder like some debris, algae, snail or something in them. That may cause them to work harder drawing more current, causing your problem. Good luck!
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Can't hurt to look. But I found nothing. Thanks for the idea.


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laverda said:
looking good!
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Thank you. Getting closer to the finish line


BeanMachine said:
Very nice Adam. Can you post a pick of your canopy?
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This is the hood with the doors open. Shows the room I have to work with. Not to bad. I would have made it 1-2 inch taller in hind sight.
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This is with the doors closed. I wanted a plane shinny look so it didn't distract from the tank.
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You'll have to bring the wife and kid over for a dinner some time. Or I need to come over to your house so I can steal some of you ideas [emoji1303]. Maybe even a frag.




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