So I am planning on installing a CO2 system on my established 90 gallon planted aquarium and the biggest issue that I am running into is making a flow chart for a timer to shut off CO2 at night and a pH controller to help maintain a specific pH range and for monitoring purposes.
I think the best way to do this is to have the power go into a timer and then the pH controller then finally the solenoid of the regulator.
Flowchart attached.
The regulator is the CO2 Art Pro-Elite Series.
The pH controller is the Milwaukee MC122US.
The timer is just a grounded appliance power timer off Amazon.
Is this correct? Will the pH controller have a problem with having the power turned off nightly? The manual for the pH controller does not indicate if it will retain user settings if behind a timer. I have about a week or two before my orders start arriving to make sure I have it straight in my head. The only other way I can think of doing it is to remove the pH controller from that loop but then it just becomes a quick visual check of the current state versus actually helping to manage the pH by reducing CO2 injection.
Any insight is helpful. I'd prefer to have the pH controller in the loop just to help make the system more automated.
I think the best way to do this is to have the power go into a timer and then the pH controller then finally the solenoid of the regulator.
Flowchart attached.
The regulator is the CO2 Art Pro-Elite Series.
The pH controller is the Milwaukee MC122US.
The timer is just a grounded appliance power timer off Amazon.
Is this correct? Will the pH controller have a problem with having the power turned off nightly? The manual for the pH controller does not indicate if it will retain user settings if behind a timer. I have about a week or two before my orders start arriving to make sure I have it straight in my head. The only other way I can think of doing it is to remove the pH controller from that loop but then it just becomes a quick visual check of the current state versus actually helping to manage the pH by reducing CO2 injection.
Any insight is helpful. I'd prefer to have the pH controller in the loop just to help make the system more automated.
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