WOW Im blown away by the response of my wife. Might need a Controller

Jason McK · #1 01-01-2010, 12:10 AM

Mike Mike Mike Just go for the Best and get the Profilux. Supper easy and can control everything.
The number 1 reason I went with the profilux was because it is one of the only controllers that had a solution for my high AMP chiller.
but other than that. It can :
Control heating and Cooling
Lighting of course (dimable ballast T5 and MH)
Tunze pumps
Koralia Pumps
PH control for CA reactors
Dusk dawn simulation. even thunderstorms
with the PC software that come with the unit it can e-mail alerts
and 1000 more things

J

christyf5 · #2 01-01-2010, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

Mike Mike Mike Just go for the Best and get the Profilux. Supper easy and can control everything.
The number 1 reason I went with the profilux was because it is one of the only controllers that had a solution for my high AMP chiller.
but other than that. It can :
Control heating and Cooling
Lighting of course (dimable ballast T5 and MH)
Tunze pumps
Koralia Pumps
PH control for CA reactors
Dusk dawn simulation. even thunderstorms
with the PC software that come with the unit it can e-mail alerts
and 1000 more things

J

Ya Mike, jeez if you can drop $1200 on a skimmer at the drop of a hat I'm sure you can shell out a few hundred bucks for a controller and have some peace of mind while you're away

hillegom · #3 01-01-2010, 12:12 AM

Jason, does the profilux have an internal battery, to keep its memory in case of power failure?
Thanks

Jason McK · #4 01-01-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by hillegom

Jason, does the profilux have an internal battery, to keep its memory in case of power failure?
Thanks

no it does not, But everything it is controlling requires power so why would you need it on if the power is out?

J

Dez · #5 01-01-2010, 04:38 AM

ACIII has memory in case of power failure. I bought my unit used ($300 with 2 DC8's) and the original owner didn't have it running for over half a year and it still remembered the time and had the previous settings still in memory. Pretty cool.

Skimmerking · #6 01-01-2010, 05:19 AM

DEZ how much is the AC III

rkelman · #7 01-01-2010, 10:21 AM

Checkout the Apex. It does everything the Proflux does. I'm going to have mine plugged into a battery backup so if the power goes out it can notify me via email or text of the problem. (as well as keep a powerhead going)

Dez · #8 01-01-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

DEZ how much is the AC III

Here's a link to the J & L for the Pro model. Not sure what the difference is cause mine is a super old model and I got it used.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...oduct_ID=np-42

hillegom · #9 01-01-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

no it does not, But everything it is controlling requires power so why would you need it on if the power is out?

J

No, I was thinking of the profilux's settings. So if the power goes out, you don't have to re-program when power is re-established.

Jason McK · #10 01-01-2010, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by hillegom

No, I was thinking of the profilux's settings. So if the power goes out, you don't have to re-program when power is re-established.

No they are stored on a NVRAM of some sort. So the power can go out for 100 years and the data will still be there. You can also back up all the Data to your PC along with sensor cals. so if a SW upgrade goes bad you can always get back to the last back up

J