Swabbie !

[KevinBroski]

Hello,
I just hook up a swabbie on my skimmer, and I want it to run for 2 minutes every 4 hours, is this the right code?

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
OSC 000:00/002:00/238:00 Then ON

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[Deleted member 143833]

Yes, but as I have mentioned many times before I think you are running this way too much. Taking notes from other similar devices a short time every 24 hours is good enough. I run my BK cleaner 15 seconds every 24 hours and have done so for over a year and have found this to be quite well. If you run the cleaner too much you will lessen the skimmer performance because you will continuously be collapsing the foam head. Something to think about.

 

[KevinBroski]

Thank you Ken for your advice. Can you show me your code please.

 

[swearint]

If you want it to run for two minutes every 24 hrs as Ken suggested, use the If Time command.

[Swabbie]
Set OFF
If Time 8:00 to 8:01 Then ON

Although it looks like it this would be a one minute duration, it actually will run it for two minutes. The 'If Time' command runs until the clock is greater than the endpoint but also truncates seconds, i.e. 8:01:59 is still considered 8:01.

Todd

 

[Deleted member 143833]

Thank you Ken for your advice. Can you show me your code please.

My complete Apex program is automatically uploaded to my website but this is the 1 outlet you asked about:

Fallback OFF
OSC 510:00/000:15/929:45 Then ON

 

[notclear]

As I want to run the Swabbi at specified times, so I am using the following codes:

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Outlet Skimmer = OFF Then OFF
If Time 05:30 to 05:31 Then ON
If Time 05:31 to 05:32 Then OFF
If Time 11:30 to 11:31 Then ON
If Time 11:31 to 11:32 Then OFF
If Time 17:30 to 17:31 Then ON
If Time 17:31 to 17:32 Then OFF
If Time 23:30 to 23:31 Then ON
If Time 23:31 to 23:32 Then OFF

It looks like the If Time ... Then OFF statements are redundant, but I remember at the time when I set this up, without these statements, it won't work.

 

[RussM]

As I want to run the Swabbi at specified times, so I am using the following codes:

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Outlet Skimmer = OFF Then OFF
If Time 05:30 to 05:31 Then ON
If Time 05:31 to 05:32 Then OFF
If Time 11:30 to 11:31 Then ON
If Time 11:31 to 11:32 Then OFF
If Time 17:30 to 17:31 Then ON
If Time 17:31 to 17:32 Then OFF
If Time 23:30 to 23:31 Then ON
If Time 23:31 to 23:32 Then OFF

It looks like the If Time ... Then OFF statements are redundant, but I remember at the time when I set this up, without these statements, it won't work.

With the sequence of statements listed above, the If Outlet Skimmer... line will never come into play.
Remove those If Time ... Then OFF statements, then move the If Outlet Skimmer = OFF Then OFF statement to the end of the list.

 

[notclear]

Thanks for the position of the skimmer off statement.

As I want the swabbie to run only one minute at a time, so the If Time ... Then OFF statement must be there. Otherwise it will run two minutes at a time.

 

[RussM]

As I want the swabbie to run only one minute at a time, so the If Time ... Then OFF statement must be there. Otherwise it will run two minutes at a time.

Doh! I failed to notice the 1-minute offsets.

You can replace all those If.. OFF statements with a single Defer

 

[notclear]

I think I will just stick with the existing codes as they work