I'm slowly migrating equipment over to the APEX energy bar...does anyone plug their inkbird directly into the APEX? Would this cause issues? I'm thinking it'll give me some layered (redundancy) for temp. control.
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OK perfect, that's exactly what I want. The APEX to just monitor it and cut the power if for some reason the inkbird fails out and starts crankin' the heat.I have mine connected to my energy bar.
here is my programing on the outlet. I let the inkbird do all the switching on and off, and the APEX will shut it off only if it goes over that temp set.
Fallback ON
Set ON
If Tmp > 78.3 Then OFF
So (and excuse me I'm knew to APEX language) what this is doing is sensing if the heat is too high it's shutting off the inkbird for 3 hours, then deferring to temp ranges if to turn it back on?This is what I have
Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Power Apex Off 001 Then OFF
Defer 003:00 Then ON
If Tmp < 78.0 Then ON
If Tmp > 80.0 Then OFF
I’m pretty sure that’s 3 minutes in Apex world.So (and excuse me I'm knew to APEX language) what this is doing is sensing if the heat is too high it's shutting off the inkbird for 3 hours, then deferring to temp ranges if to turn it back on?
So the purpose of that program is to catch any sort of apex temp probe issue?I’m pretty sure that’s 3 minutes in Apex world.
perfect, thank you so much!If I loose power, the inkbird will get power after 3 mins. I don’t want all the equipment to get turned on at the same time and risking tripping the power bar - esp if I am not at home. You can remove line 3 and 4 if you don’t want to stagger your equipment start.
That isn't going to work the way you expect. When you use the apex as an override to a heater controller you need something more like thisThis is what I have
Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Power Apex Off 001 Then OFF
Defer 003:00 Then ON
If Tmp < 78.0 Then ON
If Tmp > 80.0 Then OFF
I'm using Dank Reefer's suggestion right now:That isn't going to work the way you expect. When you use the apex as an override to a heater controller you need something more like this
Fallback ON
Set ON
If Tmp > 80.0 Then OFF
Min Time 030:00 Then OFF
Or
Fallback ON
If Tmp < 79.5 Then ON (Needs to be above your heater setpoint)
If Tmp > 80.0 Then OFF
Then add to one of these methods any additional failsafes and control methods like
If Output Return = OFF Then OFF
If Power Apex OFF 001 Then OFF
You also need the min time line.I'm using Dank Reefer's suggestion right now:
Fallback ON
Set ON
If Tmp > 78.3 Then OFF
Which I presume means if the apex senses the temp (for me) above 82 it'll cut the power to that outlet.
OK. I'm stealing this line of code from you then -You also need the min time line.
Without that line what will happen is once the temp reaches your setpoint, it will turn the heater off, then like 20 seconds later the tank will be cool enough that it's no longer true, turn it back in and the process will repeat and destroy your heaters.
Min Time makes it so whenever that safety trigger happens, the heater has to be off for at least 30 minutes before it's allowed to turn back on and start warming the tank again.
I would advise against 82 for your safety setpoint. 81 or less is much safer since 83+ can be deadly to certain species of coral. 1 to 2 degrees above your inkbird setting is a good setpoint.
If you want to stagger. Make sure you turn off power monitor - Disable the setting.perfect, thank you so much!
explain.If you want to stagger. Make sure you turn off power monitor - Disable the setting.
This explains when to enable vs disable power monitoringexplain.