The Propagator Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250715 Link to comment
The Propagator Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 A word of WARNING though....... I HAVE heard stories of wave box systems literally ripping tanks apart from the wave pressure. SOOooooo make sure your silicone is good and the tank is fairly new and solid I guess LOL! ( and make sure your stand is VERY solid. ) Link to comment
Withers Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Also don't forget that your tank needs to be at least 48" long and the overflow box needs teeth that are at least 2" long. At least thats what Tunze claims. Link to comment
The Propagator Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Nah, To get the full "natural" effect it does. ( and if your using a tunze wave box then yup) But just to cause a stir you can use one on some thing as small as a 40 breeder. Of course it would have to be a DIY type thing made to fit like were talking about here though. Link to comment
yardboy Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Is it just me or was some essential information missing? Post #7 says "here is the circuit diagram" but I didn''t see anything there. Link to comment
The Propagator Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Its just a timer that is capable of milliseconds instead of minutes. You can make one or buy one. Link to comment
benzou Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Where would you buy one? (For those of us too lazy to build one) I've done a quick search and all I could find are these large industrial solution switches. Link to comment
benzou Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Also, is this really cost effective? The tunze steam is 200 by itself. I'm guessing the acrylic and the controller will run over 100. There are new tunze waveboxes on ebay for 350-400. Link to comment
eklikewhoa Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I want one of those for my NC12g! Link to comment
benzou Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 lol. The concept is simple enough, you could probably scale it down to whatever size you wanted. Link to comment
Crayonbreaker Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 How does this not fry the pump is it because the pump doesn't have the time to wind down before its turning back on already???? Link to comment
wav3form Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 That guy is nuts saying you'll burn components by soldering. You will if you're a dumbass maybe. Link to comment
Matty1124 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 i thought i saw one on here made out of a maxi-jet... that would make it cheaper... i wonder if you could use the same timer set up... so many projects so little time.. my display is to small for this anyway... maybe someday though Link to comment
Crayonbreaker Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You could use this style timer for any type of pump with minimal changes I am just wondering how it effects the life of a prop style pump. Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 How does this not fry the pump is it because the pump doesn't have the time to wind down before its turning back on already???? That's generally not much of a problem, IME. Truthfully, it's not exactly nice to apply power to a moving pump without synchronization, but it's not really any worse than starting a pump from a standstill, particularly with very large pumps. Link to comment
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