Right on, glad you're enjoying it and thanks for the kind words and support.
I have Rob's board and it is great. Get the latest full blown version, better than the earlier version I have. I was 99% complete with my 2nd diy controller and saw what he offered and haven't regretted a second. Reef pi updates seem to be far in-between these days and 5.2 is last version I can use due to later version not working with 12v dc dosers and a few other issues for awhile now. Autism on fixes myself.....That is a good option there are others like @Schreiber Leviathon offers, and I am sure there are some other stuff out there. Hit me up via PM and I can give you some other things to think about etc...
disregard that post, chip is still fine, the wire rusted inside the ****** white glue they put in there... I thought leaving it in and sealing it with silicone was enough, apparently not, this time i'll clean it up and pot it properly
Interesting info, can you send pictures of the damage and how you fixed it ?
Didn't take pictures at the time sadly but the VCC line was completely rusted through. The others were spotless. The initial failure mode was that i was getting temperature spikes that started at 39-40°C and then shot up to 85°C, sometimes they stayed there until i wiggled the cable, i thought my connector was bad, sometimes it went away on it's own. Eventually, it was constantly reporting 85°C and no amount of wiggling changed that.
I sealed mine years ago before using. Used heat shrink tubing on top of rubberized under coating paint at the top of metal piece. It seals and STIFFENS the wire so it doesn't bend easily, which I believe helps even more. ALWAYS use an alarm for water temperate just in case. I also have a backup heater in the tank NOT on controller, just set the ON temp a little below set temp of controller heater. All this from experience!Didn't take pictures at the time sadly but the VCC line was completely rusted through. The others were spotless. The initial failure mode was that i was getting temperature spikes that started at 39-40°C and then shot up to 85°C, sometimes they stayed there until i wiggled the cable, i thought my connector was bad, sometimes it went away on it's own. Eventually, it was constantly reporting 85°C and no amount of wiggling changed that.
Here are some of the remains of the white glue, you can still see traces of rusted copper.
What i did to fix it was completely remove that white stuff, shorten the cable and to-92 legs until i was left with shiny metal, and soldered them back together. Heatshrinked the individual lines and another heatshrink around the outer cable isolation the exposed lines and half of the to-92 package. Then i potted the whole thing in a plasticstraw shroud with some hot melt, temporarily until i get my hands on some silicone.
If you are going to buy new ones, buy the to92 chips and do the cabling and potting yourself from the start, much cheaper and less ******.
Correction I use 5.1. 5.2 won't run dc dosers at all for me.
Yep, same here
Yeah, i never had real problems, i just got annoying email spam and it messed up my graphs because the chart minimum and chart maximum settings don't work properly. But i also never let the room cool out completely in the winter, i have unheated ambient temperature tanks and stuff standing around.
These are the shizzle in regards to temp probes if you want the best @theatrus has the best ones you can purchase and they are real DS18B20 - https://blueacro.com/collections/se...or-reefvolt-and-reefpi?variant=32680136835153Didn't take pictures at the time sadly but the VCC line was completely rusted through. The others were spotless. The initial failure mode was that i was getting temperature spikes that started at 39-40°C and then shot up to 85°C, sometimes they stayed there until i wiggled the cable, i thought my connector was bad, sometimes it went away on it's own. Eventually, it was constantly reporting 85°C and no amount of wiggling changed that.
Here are some of the remains of the white glue, you can still see traces of rusted copper.
What i did to fix it was completely remove that white stuff, shorten the cable and to-92 legs until i was left with shiny metal, and soldered them back together. Heatshrinked the individual lines and another heatshrink around the outer cable isolation the exposed lines and half of the to-92 package. Then i potted the whole thing in a plasticstraw shroud with some hot melt, temporarily until i get my hands on some silicone.
If you are going to buy new ones, buy the to92 chips and do the cabling and potting yourself from the start, much cheaper and less ******.
What controller do you have and which reef-pi version are you running? I wonder if the connectors aren't setup correctly. Here's the link for the manuals, find the one for your controller, then in the manual go to the PWM ports page and at the bottom will be the pin numbers. For what it's worth also go to the admin tab in reef-pi and press the reload button, maybe that will sort it out.
It's the latest robo tank, pi zero w 2 (as the deluxe package). Reef pi 5.2. Attached is the setting on the pins, matches the manual. Have reloaded/rebooted multiple times. It's weird that channel 1 is fine but the rest are constant 10v no matter what I do. I've tried the 3.5mm plugs and the screw terminal pins too, same behavior.
One other thing I just noticed, channel 1 outputs 10v at max. Ch 2-8 outputs 12v with no change based on changing inputs in reef pi. The dip switches also have no effect on ch 2-8.It's the latest robo tank, pi zero w 2 (as the deluxe package). Reef pi 5.2. Attached is the setting on the pins, matches the manual. Have reloaded/rebooted multiple times. It's weird that channel 1 is fine but the rest are constant 10v no matter what I do. I've tried the 3.5mm plugs and the screw terminal pins too, same behavior.
Hmm, seems a little strange as 2 channels share a circuit. Could you start a new thread for this, maybe copy and paste these posts, I'll make up a diagram for with some points to check voltage and will post it there.
Sounds like you hit the JachPot lol, I couldn't resist.
Thanks!!
