APC, and Ranco cont. question.

[TomD]

This weekend I have got a Ranco controller and Sunday am getting a nice APC so I know my reef is a little safer.

The APC is pretty powerful. Should I just hook up the pump, and powerheads, and heater, or will the heater take to much juice?

On the controller I am hooking it up now. So, I was told to set the heater higher. So if I want my tank around 79 should I set the heater to 80 and the controller to 79? The controller also has this differential setting. What is the best with that?

Thanks

 

[wrassefan]

funny, I recently put my maximod on a large ups and it made quite a bit of noise...plugged it into the powerstrip directly and the noise went away...it ran but chattered a bit...had to be the way the power from the battery ups was running it

 

[TomD]

Interesting. I have an Oceanflow 1200 and a Seio1100. I really do not have to put both, just enough to keep the O2 up.

What size do you have?

Here is some info on mine:

1,440VA

980W Line-interactive battery backup

8-outlets with PowerChute Smart-UPS Bundle

 

[wrassefan]

Fenton powerpal 12A 930w....L1400A...6 outlets...
don't know more than that...IT guy at work gave it to me...def works...might try my seio 20 on it and see

 

[TomD]

cool, thanks for the help.

Anybody else no how much I can run on the above specs^^

 

[wrassefan]

I would just put either the maxi or the seio..no heater...should keep oxygen on awhile

 

[Jim Tansey]

I would set the Ranco to 80 with a 1 degree differential, it will control between 79-80 assuming your heater power is adequate. Set the heater at 83-84 keep in mind this is the heater turn off point it will reach this point only if the Ranco were to malfunction.

Jim

 

[TomD]

Sounds good, thanks Jim. I was not sure where to set the differential.

 

[TomD]

The Ranco is hooked up and set.

Now the APC! What can I run on this?

Come on people, it is reef safety weekend!!=tax refund check

 

[TomD]

Now that this is on the topic, I was thinking of ordering a 300w Finnex Titanium tube only. Will that be safe with the Ranco ?

 

[nichols]

I'm running an 800w Finnex on a Ranco. No proplems.