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Post by gotareef on May 23, 2014 10:00:57 GMT -5
That's a great price for 800w titanium heaters. I wouldnt have it any other way!! lol but you have to remember these heaters have to be run on a controller that cost another $50-$100 |
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 23, 2014 10:04:32 GMT -5
That's a great price for 800w titanium heaters. I wouldnt have it any other way!! lol but you have to remember these heaters have to be run on a controller that cost another $50-$100 Stand alone controller? Or can it be run with Apex,RK or RA? |
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Post by gotareef on May 23, 2014 10:12:39 GMT -5
never run a heater on your apex,rk, any of them without buying the 15amp 2 plug outlet. the normal outlets are not designed to have that much power clicking on and off and it will cook the outlet on the power strip...
I use a blueline and love it...
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Post by BriMc on May 23, 2014 10:21:21 GMT -5
Would you have a link to the blue line? I built two low amp to high amp boxes but it would be nice to buy it all ready built.
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Post by BriMc on May 23, 2014 10:44:16 GMT -5
There are actually two different style switches for the plugs on the power bars mechanical and electronic. The mechanical are a little heavier duty but still do not handle higher amperage and usually stay stuck shut. The electronic do not handle Amps well at all and as Gotareef stated usually either melt the outlet itself or ruins the electronics for switching the outlet off and on. The two outlet strip Gotareef is referring to has two outlets and also has two power cords going to it. One power cord goes to the controller power bar and acts as a signal to turn the heavy duty strip on and off. the second cord plugs into the wall outlet supplying the power to the HD power strip.
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Post by maineultraclassic on May 23, 2014 11:16:38 GMT -5
I'll be selling my Ranco controller once I get the Reef Angel up and running.
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 23, 2014 11:39:05 GMT -5
I only have a 300 watt heater hooked to my apex and it's fine the manual says up to 800 watts I believe? Could be wrong though I'll go check now.
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Post by BriMc on May 23, 2014 11:50:25 GMT -5
Yeah my Aquatronica says 800 watts also and the power bar has a hole melted through it. I wouldn't push the power bars over 300watts. and the problem isn't watts it is AMPS
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Post by gotareef on May 23, 2014 12:54:16 GMT -5
I was told not to use anything over 250w on the rk power bar when I had it replaced because an outlet died with a 300w heater on it
there also only a couple outlets you are supposed to run led lights on. on the rk its #2 and #4, not sure with the apex or with 8 outlet power bars....
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 23, 2014 12:56:34 GMT -5
It's plugs 1-2 on the apex and also not supposed to go over 800 watts each but I have 120 watt on each so I'm good.
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Post by BriMc on May 24, 2014 9:35:58 GMT -5
I was told not to use anything over 250w on the rk power bar when I had it replaced because an outlet died with a 300w heater on it there also only a couple outlets you are supposed to run led lights on. on the rk its #2 and #4, not sure with the apex or with 8 outlet power bars.... LEDs do not draw enough current to harm any of the outlets. The outlets that are recommended for the higher wattage uses a mechanical switch to turn it off and on. Again you can run 1500 watts on then as watts is not the problem it is the amperage. |
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 24, 2014 10:25:00 GMT -5
All the plugs on the apex have mechanical switches maybe that's why they can handle more amps?
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Post by BriMc on May 24, 2014 11:17:53 GMT -5
Only the four outlet power bar has all mechanical outlet but is rated, three outlets are 8 amp and one is 12 Amp.,
•Four controllable outlets. All outlets are controlled by high-current mechanical relays. Three of the outlets are rated at 8A and one outlet is rated at 12A
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Post by gotareef on May 24, 2014 11:20:42 GMT -5
I was told not to use anything over 250w on the rk power bar when I had it replaced because an outlet died with a 300w heater on it there also only a couple outlets you are supposed to run led lights on. on the rk its #2 and #4, not sure with the apex or with 8 outlet power bars.... LEDs do not draw enough current to harm any of the outlets. The outlets that are recommended for the higher wattage uses a mechanical switch to turn it off and on. Again you can run 1500 watts on then as watts is not the problem it is the amperage. with the led its not that it draws to much power its the fact led drivers use "dirty power" they dont draw a constant current....... |
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Post by BriMc on May 24, 2014 11:34:23 GMT -5
You are right I am having a brain dead afternoon. The regular outlets do not switch on and off properly using "lite" or "dirty" power.
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