The ReefBox Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 So last night I come home (7 pm) and discover tank is not running.well at least my mp 40's were since not plugged into apex. I look and find that the power strip breaker tripped that the two EB 8's are plugged into, thus killing power to apex and all of components plugged in. So I flip rocker switch back on and voilla the tank comes to life. 5 min or less off it goes. The tank has been running perfect for last week or so with my two ATI sunpowers plugged into the apex. One unit is a 60" (8) bulb and the other is a 60" (4) bulb fixture. I tried several combos of plugging lights into different spots on the EB 8's but kept running into same issue with tank shutting down shortly after flipping breaker. I finally got system to stay on by leaving one set of lights off. What I've done thus far 1. Changed out power strip 2. Moved items around on EB8's (pain in arse!!!) 3. Looked at amp pull on each item plugged in (the biggest being 4.5 6 bulbs of t5) EB8 #1 was pulling 4.9 amps EB8 #2 was pulling 11.9 Now since moving items around one is pulling 8.5 other is 7.2 but if I run all the lights it goes off Any thoughts or has anyone had this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hookup a kill a watt just to be sure max amps are not exceeded? Apex help is very good on apex forums, post there for sure. There are allot more details to discuss but they will guide you through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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