My reef-pi build

[Fishyj]

Just an update pic. Not done yet.

 

[Fishyj]

I have had my reef-pi running and it has been working flawlessly. I am installing it later today on my tank. I will also be adding a mechanical float as my safety for the ato. Out of the 10 outlets I have, 2 are from the GFCI, 4 are always on and 4 are controlled by reef-pi. If I every need to control more outlets it would take about 10 minutes to wire up. I have the temperature, ato, fuge light and skimmer controlled by reef-pi. I will eventually add a doser to my build but for now it's not necessary. I also decided not to add my lights to reef-pi. I run sb reef lights and I already have an a wireless program for that.

 

[Fishyj]

Before I go ahead and move this over to my tank , I wanted to make a backup copy for me. I need advise and some assistance regarding this. I did try copying my sd card to my desktop and then copy it to another sd card but that was a fail. Also can you run your program through the usb instead of an sd card?

 

[Fishyj]

Update: The reef pi has been working great with Mike Lanes board. I have been using temp, ato and a timer for the fuge. I still want to get a back up sd card for the controller. I would like to thank everyone for the help along the way with this controller and for everyone that helped with reef-pi especially @Ranjib. I also will be adding a cost breakdown to my thread.

 

[Ranjib]

This is very delightful to read. To reproduce a reef-pi instance , all you need is the exact same /var/lib/reef-pi/reef-pi.db file and same reef-pi version. Together they can exactly recreate a reef-pi installation. Just keep the dB file in someplace safe. It’s so small you can keep it in email. And note down the reef-pi version, you can always download it from github.