Vancouver Reefer Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Lookie what the UPS man brought me today.................... oh and i also made a start on my PC interface..... We are slowly getting there and i can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!! VR Link to comment
M1A1 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Wow, he is alive and still working on this! Link to comment
Vancouver Reefer Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yuppers! Still alive and kicking!! Although the usual economic dump, moving house, being laid off twice and 4 different employers in 2010 really stopped the progress! Although life is now good and im back full time on the build!!! The joys of DIY! Link to comment
M1A1 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I hear ya! Who did you use for the front panel, if you don't mind? I've been kicking around getting one built for my LED controller since the cigar box is getting a bit busted. Link to comment
Vancouver Reefer Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 I had several reefers offer to help machine it ,but none of them came though, so i ended up using these guys: http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/index.htm...CFQlPgwodLFq2aA You download their software and draw out your panel. Its really simple and great software, and you can see the price each time you add something to the panel. They have so many options for colours etc and from order sent ,to arriving at my door ,in Canada was 6 days. My panel was $170 but it was well worth it and will make the controller look sweet when its all assembled. When i enquired locally to have the panel done i was getting quotes for $400, so i didnt think the $170 was that bad. VR Link to comment
Vancouver Reefer Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 A few more progress shots: Front Panel: Back Panel: Front Panel Wiring: Mains plug-in box: VR Link to comment
FishFeller Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing your hi tech adventures and for the link to front panel. That could come in handy for many things. Can't wait to see the finished project up and running. Cheers. Link to comment
Vancouver Reefer Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Hi all, So im finally installing the tank and Aquatroller. Hope to be getting wet in the next week or so. I have overhauled my journal website and added a build page of the aquarium install. Hope you enjoy.... https://sites.google.com/site/richardorme1979/ Link to comment
Julian_blnc Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 There does sound alot to it but if you break it down into individual projects and then bring them all together into one unit it does'nt sound so complex. ( Well thats what i keep telling myself!! ) I think the hardest part of it, is going to be the PH addition. I havent found much info out there on incorporating or writing the code for this but im sure it will work out in the end. As for the automated water changes, i will still be there when it happens. It will consist of a tank of salt mix already prepared the day before. Then i will press a button to start a drain pump. This will pull out tank water into a drain tank until a low level switch activates, this will then stop the drain pump and then activate the salt mix pump which will then pump the new water back into the tank until the upper ATO/AWC float switch makes. This will then shut off the salt mix pump and voila, water change complete. All i have to do then will be to empty the drain tank and replenish the salt mix tank with a new batch of salt and RO, and at the same time top up the ATO tank. Here is a pic of the 3 holding tank setup inside the stand of a BC29 and schematics of the outline of the project: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xpko4...feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/D7sT_...feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uZJfy...feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/op6GM...feat=directlink I hope the pics work - first time posting pics on here! I like neat aquarium setups so all of the pumps and equipment is going to be hidden in the back compartment of the BC 29 and in the stand. VR You could always hook up a salinity probe and have your Rodi add water until the saltwater make up in your reserve is the right specific gravity And program a motor to scoop a rough amount of salt into your reserve WC tank after each water change for true automatic water change Link to comment
Chrisl1976 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Amazing job!!!!! Any chance at getting a copy of the code you used in Arduino to run everything and how it all tied together. I am just in the beginning stages of a scaled down version of your masterpiece and working on figuring out how the code all works together. Link to comment
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