Hydros Power Strip Question

[sundog101]

I have a quick question about the Hydros... are you able to monitor current through an outlet on the power strip? I see that the Drive port will monitor current, but I don’t see anything about the power strip outlets.

If not… do either Apex or GHL do this? So if a pump would die, the controller would send a notification. Thanks!

 

[n2585722]

You cannot on the wifi power strip but will be able to on the XP8 controller which has 8 AC outlets.

 

[SuncrestReef]

The Neptune EB832 can monitor amps or watts per outlet. Read my tutorial on Apex Power Monitoring for more details and example programming:

Neptune Apex Programming Tutorials, Part 4: Power Monitoring

Part 4 of our series on programming your Neptune Apex: Power Monitoring

www.reef2reef.com

 

[n2585722]

If interested they talked about the XP8 on a reefdude episode recently.

 

[sundog101]

Thank you!