Originally Posted by
TerraReef
Zombie I believe I am following you for the most part above, but I am wondering it this would really work as you mean it to if the CO2 was tuned the way I have run calcium reactors in the past. (currently not running any, but have some standing by)
I typically had reactors setup so that the CO2 feed rarely went off (solenoid rarely closed). It may have gone off 1-3 times per day. Basically using the needle valve I restricted the gas flow (bubble rate) to be very close to what was required to have the regulator on all the time. This way if the solenoid got stuck on or the Apex failed to turn it off (or I messed up my coding) then I wouldn't quickly melt all my reactor media and cause issues in the tank. Doing things this way also should help the solenoid last much longer as I believe most wear out after a certain number of on/off cycles and are not bothered by being on most of the time.(this is what I was told by at least one manufacturer)
I am thinking your code above wouldn’t work with infrequent and short off cycles.
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