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Here is how i made it uneventful thanks to the forums here on R2R
Relay failure - the relay turns the heater on or off. When it fails, the heater will either be stuck on or it will be stuck off
Probe failure - the probe tells the relay when to turn on or off, if the probe fails the unit will hold the tank at a different temperature
element failure - the element is the part that heats the water, if it fails it doesnt produce heat.
Heres how I setup my equipment:
Main heater is set to 80 degrees, and plugged into to the inkbird. the inkbird is set to turn the heater OFF if the tank gets over 82 degrees. The inkbird has its own probe that is separate from the main heater probe. The seneye is installed in the tank and is set to alert me if the tank goes under 78 or over 82.
Heres what happens with my setup in a heater failure:
Scenario 1: heater fails "ON" - in this scenario my heater will heat the tank until it reaches 82 degrees. Once it reaches 82 degrees the inkbird will disconnect power to the heater. This will stop heating the tank until the tank goes back below 82 degrees. The seneye will alert me so that I can deal with / monitor the situation
Scenario 2: heater fails "OFF" - this is what happened last night. My heater stopped heating, my seneye alerted me at 4 am that the water was 77.8 degrees. I checked my heater which was "on" and the element was cold (element failure). I replaced the heater with my spare unit. It started heating and i went back to bed.
Today I will get a new "spare" 500w heater for the next time one fails.
- The equipment used
- main heater (the one that failed) - Aquatop 500W
- Spare heater (new in box) - Hygger 500W
- Seneye
- Inkbird
Relay failure - the relay turns the heater on or off. When it fails, the heater will either be stuck on or it will be stuck off
Probe failure - the probe tells the relay when to turn on or off, if the probe fails the unit will hold the tank at a different temperature
element failure - the element is the part that heats the water, if it fails it doesnt produce heat.
Heres how I setup my equipment:
Main heater is set to 80 degrees, and plugged into to the inkbird. the inkbird is set to turn the heater OFF if the tank gets over 82 degrees. The inkbird has its own probe that is separate from the main heater probe. The seneye is installed in the tank and is set to alert me if the tank goes under 78 or over 82.
Heres what happens with my setup in a heater failure:
Scenario 1: heater fails "ON" - in this scenario my heater will heat the tank until it reaches 82 degrees. Once it reaches 82 degrees the inkbird will disconnect power to the heater. This will stop heating the tank until the tank goes back below 82 degrees. The seneye will alert me so that I can deal with / monitor the situation
Scenario 2: heater fails "OFF" - this is what happened last night. My heater stopped heating, my seneye alerted me at 4 am that the water was 77.8 degrees. I checked my heater which was "on" and the element was cold (element failure). I replaced the heater with my spare unit. It started heating and i went back to bed.
Today I will get a new "spare" 500w heater for the next time one fails.