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    Programming my skimmer

    I could use a little help with programming my skimmer to turn off for one hour a day every day. I have had my apex2016 for some time but my programming skills are a bit rusty!! Any help with this would be great!

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    This would turn off everyday for 1 hour at 6pm and also prevent overflows when water level in sump gets high. This also assumes you have a high level float switch in your sump. Delete that line if you don't have one or change it to CLOSED if it's an optical sensor.

    Fallback ON
    Set ON
    If Time 18:00 to 18:54 Then OFF
    If Outlet Returnpumpname = OFF Then OFF
    If HighSwitch OPEN Then OFF
    Defer 005:00 Then ON

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    Thanks for the quick reply! It turns out I have a 35 gallons tank with no sump so no return pump. So should I delete the second and third line. Does the forth line automatically turn on the skimmer after the hour is up? I’m doing this to dissolve calcium buildup in the skimmer air valve(Tunze 9001). I’m fed up doing it manually. This idea works well and since it is an Apex2016 I might as well do it right!

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    If you have no sump and are not worried about flooding the skimmer the following is all you need:

    Fallback ON
    Set ON
    If Time 18:00 to 18:59 Then OFF

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    Ok I added the lines of code and saved it to the cloud. Well 6 o’clock went by but no stopping the skimmer. I guess it ignored the command...why would it do that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterc64 View Post
    Ok I added the lines of code and saved it to the cloud. Well 6 o’clock went by but no stopping the skimmer. I guess it ignored the command...why would it do that?
    Is the outlet in AUTO? Does your apex clock time match real time for you?

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    It was set on now to auto...thanks! Time is matching

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    If turning off your skimmer doesn't give your the results you're looking for vinegar and a pipe brush work well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterc64 View Post
    I could use a little help with programming my skimmer to turn off for one hour a day every day. I have had my apex2016 for some time but my programming skills are a bit rusty!! Any help with this would be great!
    If you want the skimmer to turn off only 1 hour every day, just select the function of the skimmer to be a light and select the time you want to it to turn off and the time you want it to turn back on. No reason for any coding if you’re only going to always be turning it off and on 1 time every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ABINDER View Post
    If you want the skimmer to turn off only 1 hour every day, just select the function of the skimmer to be a light and select the time you want to it to turn off and the time you want it to turn back on. No reason for any coding if you’re only going to always be turning it off and on 1 time every day.
    But what better way to unrust those skills than to do a super simple code.

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