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Hi Joe,

some more details would be much appreciated for your project.

Doing it right with a relatively poor description won't suffice - and I hate doing things twice.

What will be used (sensors, switches, float switches) to turn on and off the pump?

For the supply power of the pump: Will it be battery or power supply operated? If battery operated, what kind of battery will you use? (e.g. SLA-battery)

Should it be trickle charged at any time to have unlimited power available whenever it's needed?

Regards

Boncuk

Hi Joe

More details as Boncuk mentioned would help. I am sure something could be developed.

Remodeling?

Maybe we could talk as I'll be in the market for some quotes soon.

Ron

Originally Posted by 4pyros

How fast? Water pumps are relatively slow. Can you leave the pump on and switch the flow?

I don't think so for this application.

Originally Posted by Boncuk

Hi Joe,

some more details would be much appreciated for your project.

Doing it right with a relatively poor description won't suffice - and I hate doing things twice.Me too.
What will be used (sensors, switches, float switches) to turn on and off the pump?I'd like to do this with a controller.
For the supply power of the pump: Will it be battery or power supply operated? If battery operated, what kind of battery will you use? (e.g. SLA-battery)Plugged into a wall receptacle.
Should it be trickle charged at any time to have unlimited power available whenever it's needed?Hey, some kind of battery backup would be outstanding if it would kick on at a power outage!
Regards

Boncuk

Originally Posted by Reloadron

Hi Joe

More details as Boncuk mentioned would help. I am sure something could be developed.

Remodeling?

Maybe we could talk as I'll be in the market for some quotes soon.
Shoot me an email-I'll help any way I can.Ron

Thanks for the replies. The label on the pumps say 24V, 1.3A, 30W. Shouldn't that be 31.2W? Anyway, I'd like to have a controller that will control two pumps to turn them both on and off simultaniusly, while giving me the ability to adjust the run time and the ability to adjust the not run time. A scheme of about 30 second run time and 5-10 second not run time should do the trick.

This is to create random flow in a reef tank. I envision using two controllers to run four pumps. The controllers will be independent of one another, so they will not be synchronised creating the random flow. Does this seem like a doable project?

Joe

It is very doable You have 4 pumps that run on 24 VDC and draw about 1.3 amps each and yes that would be about 31.2 watts but what a pump really draws would be a function of how much work it is doing. You want to run two pumps per controller using two independent controllers. Pumps on about 30 seconds and pumps off about 5 to 10 seconds. Timing could be done using a 555 timer chip configured to drive the relays used to switch the pump(s) on and off. There is a good number of ways to go about this depending on budget and how fancy you want it to be.

I was also serious about home remodeling. Looking at some major projects including ripping out and replacing walls. I am great at demolition and doing all the electric but suck at and hate drywall work. I am in Bedford Heights in the SE Cleveland suburbs.

Ron