rd62rdstr
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I installed mine last night. Went from 100% roll to 54% by this morning. Running on sensors. Realized now that they have to face up. Question, does it matter which sensors are connected in which hole? I have main 2 and 3 holes I believe. Should low sensor be main, high sensor be 2… etc? Also not sure where my settings should be on the programming. Didn’t receive an instruction manual. Saw a video on YouTube but they didn’t mention any of that.Trigger Systems V2 motor going in
Trigger gave me a good break on the Platinum Motor Controller V2 because of the misunderstanding during the recent purchase. I hadn't used it yet until today but believe it will be a good improvement over the V1 because even in my short time of use I noticed the float switches gumming up and sticking a bit. The newer motor is reportedly more powerful too. And the motor stuck and fleece level 0-10v notifications to Hydros are nice to have too.
Since I had to virtually disassemble to fleece filter anway to get the starboard mounted on the left side of the stand I figured now was as good a time as any to install the new motor. Snapped a couple pictures before disassembling as a reminder. Worst part of disassembly was probably fleece chamber float switches. They had to be removed from the mount, unscrew a small cable guide and individually fished through a small opening on the opposite side. Took forever after to unpack the V2 motor as it was packaged well enough to survive armageddon. Then found the Trigger manual did an excellent job describing configuration and function of the upgraded motor but was a little lacking on the physical installation. Recalled seeing a podcast from Derrick Picker of the Reef & Reptile Automation Facebook group. Followed the video and worked my way through the configuration and installation. Plan on eventually controlling via Hydros similar to my own Klir but for the time being used the Trigger optical sensors. Ended up using all three sensors with fleece being on if sensor 1 or sensor 2 are wet and off if sensor 3 is wet. Sensor 1 and sensor 2 were placed inside the fleece chamber. Sensor 3 was placed elsewhere in the sump as a high level sensor to prevent fleece from advancing if sump is high. The only real tricks to the installation were keeping track of which sensors were which as they are not permanently connected to the motor and remembering to mount them with the sensor point facing upward. Note that they also are not your typical 3.5mm stereo connectors but rather something slightly smaller and shorter in length.
