lol lots of the wiring and exposed leads has the electrician in me cringing. Why not spent the little bit extra and get the sockets for the relays? way better to screw to terminal screws than solder. Plus when a relay fries, its a quick swap. Im a big fan of clean electrical, especially under a tank full of water. What i've done was bring the power from the wall socket into a GFCI under the tank, and i have a box nippled to it with 3 duplex receptacles. Giving me 6 controlled receptacles and 2 always on.
the 3 gang receptacle bank is filled with x10 receptacles that let me automate the control from a different location, i opted for the computer option. So lights and pump on/off times are easily fine tuned from the PC and uploaded to a transmitter thats powered independantly. I hate crouching under that tank :P
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