DC return pump on Controller and Battery Backup ?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by craigwmiller

I have a similar setup but with one of my MP40's. On my RKEv2 I have one of my PC4's connected to a UPS, and my MP40 is plugged into a port on that PC4. I have the 'default' action for that PC4 port is to be ON.

Not to waste the PC4, I have another couple super-low-draw devices connected to the other 3 ports.

Have you ever tested your setup ? I see how it can work and like the idea
I would just set the one port to 'On' when it looses communication, and have the other 3 to 'Off' so they don't draw down the UPS

Ah, this would also keep the Head Unit powered
Interesting ...

[craigwmiller]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Have you ever tested your setup ? I see how it can work and like the idea
I would just set the one port to 'On' when it looses communication, and have the other 3 to 'Off' so they don't draw down the UPS

Yes I've tested it a few times. I've even unplugged the head unit as a test, and it takes maybe 20 seconds to revert to defaults but it works great, and it hand failed during testing. We had a power outage a few weeks back and the 'real' test was good too.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by craigwmiller

Yes I've tested it a few times. I've even unplugged the head unit as a test, and it takes maybe 20 seconds to revert to defaults but it works great, and it hand failed during testing. We had a power outage a few weeks back and the 'real' test was good too.

Great, thank you Craig