Plugbars

[adampetherick]

Hi

I'm looking at getting an Aquatronica for my 3000l freshwater tank I'm in the process of designing.

My question is do the plugbars have to be daisy chained or can each one be plugged into an individual wall socket? So far I've got 10 devices I want the aquatronica to control and want to leave a couple of sockets spare for future additions.

[instantsquid]

Each plugbar plugs into it's own wall socket.

[adampetherick]

Fantastic :D

I see you're quite local to me (Fleet, Hants) where's the best place to get this round here, do you know if the Maidenhead Aquatics shops sell them?

[jobr]

Maidenhead don't stock Aquatronica.

Try a sponsor for mail order i.e STM, Watford or CGA.

Full list of dealers from the website
Anglia Aquatics

Great Ellingham, Norfolk, 01953 457150 AquaTech

Porth Cawl, Mid Glamorgan, 01656 784646 AquaWorld Partnership

Warrington, Cheshire, 01925 483979 Clearwater Aquatics

Leicester, Leicestershire, 0116 274 3426 Coral Garden Aquatics

Chelmsford, Essex, 01245 421381 Dorset Discus

Bridport, Dorset, 01308 420747 Erdington Aquatics

Birmingham, West Midlands, 0121 373 1100 Exeter Aquatics

Exeter, Devon, 01392 219521 Heritage Aquatics

Wallington, Surrey, 0208 647 5790 Hobby Fish

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, 01908 543210 Home Marine

Enfield, Middlesex, 0208 367 4191 HunnyHill Aquatics

Isle of Wight, 01983 825577 Japanese Koi

Henlow, Bedfordshire, 01462 850822 Lynchford Aquatics

Farnborough, Hampshire 01252 542951 Manor Aquatics

Manor Park, London, 0208 478 4478 Paraquatics

Hove, West Sussex, 01273 733996 Parrymore Marine Systems

Staines, Middlesex, 01784 466101 PlymBridge Marines

Plymouth, Devon, 01752 241802 Tropicals and Marines

Richmond, London, 020 8876 5463 Sevenoaks Tropical Marine

Riverhead, Kent, 01732 454190 Sheffield Aquatics Supplies

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 0114 258 4420 Shirley Aquatics

Solihull, West Midlands, 0121 744 1300 The Coral Garden

Gorleston, Norfolk, 01493 440077 Tropical Paradise

Eastleigh, Hampshire, 02380 612996 UDA

Cupar, Fife, 01334 656699 Watford Aquarium

Watford, Hertfordshire, 01923 220823
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[adampetherick]

Thanks,

One last thing that would definatly sell it for me is a lunar mode function to match the 28 day cycle, is this available?

[instantsquid]

Unless I've missed it in the manual, this isn't a specific function that the Aquatronica provides. However, I can't see why you couldn't implement it yourself using the built-in timers. I try to simulate sunrise and sunset by switching my halides on and off in sequence along the tank.

- Ian

[adampetherick]

it's more of a lamp brightness that I'd like to achive, ie. 10% power for new moon 100% for full moon and graduations between the stages

[instantsquid]

I believe the dimming lights are on their way actually!

The UK distributor for Aquatronica is a member of this forum and an extremely helpful guy. His username is wavey so maybe drop him a PM if you're keen to know when this function is likely to be available?

- Ian