instantsquid
26-08-06, 23:02
One of my goals when I set up my new tank was to automate as many of the mundane tasks as possible. To this end I bought an Aquatronica - the plan being that I would be able to use it to control many of the components of the tank.
One of the jobs that I'm still performing manually however, is the generation of RO water to fill the top-up reservoir.
I have a solenoid valve which will go into the pipe which feeds the RO unit. This means the Aquatronica can turn the RO unit on and off. I could pop a float switch in the top-up reservoir and it would all work lovely - except of course the RO unit would be turning on and off many times a day and the quality of the water coming out of it would not be good!
So I'd like to have two float switches in the reservoir - one at the bottom and one at the top, and then have the RO unit only start once the water reaches the bottom of the reservoir. It would then continue to fill until reaching the top of the reservoir.
It sounds like it should be easy - but I can't work out how (if at all) I can make the Aquatronica do this!
Any ideas?
- Ian
One of the jobs that I'm still performing manually however, is the generation of RO water to fill the top-up reservoir.
I have a solenoid valve which will go into the pipe which feeds the RO unit. This means the Aquatronica can turn the RO unit on and off. I could pop a float switch in the top-up reservoir and it would all work lovely - except of course the RO unit would be turning on and off many times a day and the quality of the water coming out of it would not be good!
So I'd like to have two float switches in the reservoir - one at the bottom and one at the top, and then have the RO unit only start once the water reaches the bottom of the reservoir. It would then continue to fill until reaching the top of the reservoir.
It sounds like it should be easy - but I can't work out how (if at all) I can make the Aquatronica do this!
Any ideas?
- Ian