The "Hitchhiker's Guide" to the Maxi-Stream mod
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onetrickpony
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Any one working on a mod for a heagen 901 for a large tank
Ken
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zapata41
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well the kill o watt meter is on its way. so i should have some numbers for the 1200s in a little bit. waiting for the wife to get back with it. gotta love hydroponic stores, they have everything.
anyone ever fooled around with the mj1000 or 500. i saw them at the hydroponic store and was wondering what they are all about. or is it just a different box for the 400 & 900.
Tim
anyone ever fooled around with the mj1000 or 500. i saw them at the hydroponic store and was wondering what they are all about. or is it just a different box for the 400 & 900.
Tim
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and the results are in.......
my voltage around the house was between 113 & 119v at 59.9 Hz
mj1200 mod pulls 19-20w one 1200 pulled 19 and the other pulled 20.
mj900 un modded 7w
seio 620 7 w
mag5 35w
QO4000 39w
Mak 4 125w
OR 3500 NW 65w pulling 15lpm air, no air 90w
2 140w VHO actinics on Coralife ballast, 200w
dehumidifier, 700w
Quite surprising on the watt draw for most items around the house. mainy the tvs that we have.
Tim
my voltage around the house was between 113 & 119v at 59.9 Hz
mj1200 mod pulls 19-20w one 1200 pulled 19 and the other pulled 20.
mj900 un modded 7w
seio 620 7 w
mag5 35w
QO4000 39w
Mak 4 125w
OR 3500 NW 65w pulling 15lpm air, no air 90w
2 140w VHO actinics on Coralife ballast, 200w
dehumidifier, 700w
Quite surprising on the watt draw for most items around the house. mainy the tvs that we have.
Tim
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i dont think there is any difference.
maybe someone could help me out with this one though. on the meter i have a Watt as the active power of 40 and then i have a VA ( the apparent power) at 79 and then i have an amp draw at .62
so does this mean that the pump is really drawing 79w and not really 40w. since .62A is not 40watts.
also sanjays info for the 175w icecap ballast driving a iwasaki14k bulb is wrong. it draws more watts than he says. makes me rethink some of his other resluts for his tests
Tim
maybe someone could help me out with this one though. on the meter i have a Watt as the active power of 40 and then i have a VA ( the apparent power) at 79 and then i have an amp draw at .62
so does this mean that the pump is really drawing 79w and not really 40w. since .62A is not 40watts.
also sanjays info for the 175w icecap ballast driving a iwasaki14k bulb is wrong. it draws more watts than he says. makes me rethink some of his other resluts for his tests
Tim
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My Kill-a-Watt should show up this week so I'll be able to post my own numbers.
We all need to chip in and send D one so he can test the power consumption of all the different props on all the different MJ's. I'd love to know if the 2035 draws more juice than the 1435 although I bet it does.
We all need to chip in and send D one so he can test the power consumption of all the different props on all the different MJ's. I'd love to know if the 2035 draws more juice than the 1435 although I bet it does.
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Incidentally, these little powerheads can be used as return pumps too. I've done several controlled tests now http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=815765 as shown here.
Because of this work I switched from a Rio 2100+ (I was a newbie then) to a Maxi-Jet 1200 as my return pump! It works great and uses a little more than half the power!
Because of this work I switched from a Rio 2100+ (I was a newbie then) to a Maxi-Jet 1200 as my return pump! It works great and uses a little more than half the power!
zapata41
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ok well no one has answered which reading is the true power draw on the pump. is it the VA or the W.
doh i figured it out now. i forgot to add the fower factor into the equation. so the 39wx.55pf=19.8w draw. now it makes a little sence.
i dont see how the mag 5 is only drawing that amount of power though. maybe i am missing something when interpretting the readings
Tim
doh i figured it out now. i forgot to add the fower factor into the equation. so the 39wx.55pf=19.8w draw. now it makes a little sence.
i dont see how the mag 5 is only drawing that amount of power though. maybe i am missing something when interpretting the readings
Tim
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i picked mine up at a local hydroponics store. was 15% off of 40$. pretty good deal IMO.
the mag5 is the circ pump for my CA reactor so it has no real head pressure and very very little back pressure on it. so that might be why it draws so little, it also chops of the CO2.
Tim
the mag5 is the circ pump for my CA reactor so it has no real head pressure and very very little back pressure on it. so that might be why it draws so little, it also chops of the CO2.
Tim
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