Neptune Apex and UV sterilizer programming…

[wazzupmac]

So I realized it would’ve foolish to not have my UV sterilizer directly connected to my EB832 and therefore controlled or powered by my apex.

I was worried that if the pump got clogged or shut-off while I was away that the bulb would fry the housing and potentially leak or worse. I have the UV set up diagonally inside the cabinet and drawing from the chamber with reefmat and exiting just before the skimmer.

I’m not sure if I should program the apex to shut off the pump and UV if the voltage goes low (if that is possible) or what?

I have an Aquauv 57w connected to Varios 4 - will run at setting 4-5.

Thanks for any guidance.

 

[CaseyP]

Create a virtual outlet to determine if the return pump is drawing X amount of watts. I'd check how many watts the pump draws at speed 1 and set that as the condition. I'm putting 5 here as an assumption.

Rturn_Watts
Set OFF
If Output Varios Watts < 5 Then ON
Defer 0:30 Then ON

Then for your UV, add in a line like this
If Output Rturn_Watts = ON Then OFF

I also have mine shut off if the temperature is over 80
If Tmp > 80.0 Then OFF