RE: HA enabled FISH TANK owners?

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It's not an issue if the lights don't come on / go off once in a while,
many freshwater tropical fish live in areas where they will be in the
shade and not get that much light - a good number of my fish are also
very active at night as well as day.

The main issue would be if the lights didn't come on for some time in my
planted tanks (I keep freshwater not marine - I don't have the time to
take care of the marine).

I have noticed that sometimes this happens with mine - if I am here I
send the signals via the pronto - it appears to be down to the computer
-> X10 interface that I have (CM12 I think), it becomes unresponsive for
a little while and then sorts itself out, I haven't got to the bottom of
why it does this.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Posted At: 23 January 2005 18:48
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Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA enabled FISH TANK owners?


Sounds like X10 will be the order of the day. Having 40 odd LD11's and a
handful of AD10's running the house lights, I'm aware that they're not
100% reliable - what's the danger/worst case if lights don't come on
occasionally?

Paul.



-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 23 January 2005 18:44
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Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA enabled FISH TANK owners?


I have 3 tanks that have their lights controlled via X10 devices and
Harmony (and one other that is not up and running at the moment). I also
use my Pronto (via an IR -> X10 convertor) as an override to turn the
lights on or off at unscheduled times.

I have battery operated feeders for when I am away - these are are used
when I go away for more than a few days.

I haven't tried to automate anything else as the heaters, air pumps and
filters run 24/7 anyway.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Posted At: 23 January 2005 18:09
Posted To: Yahoo Lists
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Subject: [ukha_d] HA enabled FISH TANK owners?


I'm just thinking about getting a reasonably large marine tank and fish.
I'm a complete novice and will be seeking help and advice from other
quarters but wanted to get some advice from the HA enabled fish tank
owners here (I think there are a few?). What do you automate and why/how
etc?

The DVD fish tank was just not good enough ;)

Thanks,

Paul.





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