chudders Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hi, Looking for a decent Aqua Controller that will work with my plugs in London, England. Neptune Apex Controller etc appears to be only US based, having trouble finding a stockist. Needs to control ATO, measure salinity and tempeture as well as publish to the web. Any recomendations including importing welcome. Link to comment
chudders Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Deep pockets? Fairly deep pockets. Am thinking 500 pounds, $700 Link to comment
chudders Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Fairly deep pockets. Am thinking 500 pounds, $700 So any recommendations? Link to comment
Walking_Target Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Why not get a north american style socket for your home, or better yet, get a socket adapter http://www.amazon.co.uk/US-UK-Plug-Travel-...r/dp/B0006OFKNC Link to comment
FateX9 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 nibor was talking about the ghl profilux controllers, but those are quite a bit more from what i see and theyre well over 600GBP Link to comment
nibor Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Why not get a north american style socket for your home, or better yet, get a socket adapter http://www.amazon.co.uk/US-UK-Plug-Travel-...r/dp/B0006OFKNC Well UK mains is 230V 50Hz, not 115V 60Hz. This is likely not a problem as the controller itself will be DC powered and supplied with a power supply. Like laptops, this will likely be a multivoltage switching supply which should work with anything from 100 to 240V and at 50 or 60 Hz. You may simply be able to replace the power chord. If it is US voltage only, a suitable power supply couldbe found for £20 or so. The switching power bars however could be more of an issue. Firstly, you would need lots of US to UK socket adapters for the pumps/heaters etc. Also, UK plugs are larger then US plugs and with the adapters you may block some of the sockets in the power bar. Perhaps of more concern could be the design of the relays used for switching the power sockets. These could well be not be rated for 230V switching. Much safer to stick with European products. The European sockets are larger than the US sockets and with Euro to UK adapters you may not block the other sockets. There would also be no need to worry about voltage ratings of the relays in the powerbar. Chudders, you may be able to save some money by buying the controller from a German online store and just sourcing any power bars in the UK. This would get rid of the need for socket adapters. http://www.aquaristic.net/en/Measurement-R...ter-basic-unit/ http://www.sewatec.de/lng/en/computer-instruments/ Link to comment
chudders Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Many thanks Nibor this is very useful. I'll let you know which one I go with. Link to comment
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