Apex and heater question

[The ReefBox]

Will Apex controllers works with just a heater like the finnex titanium heater and no temp controller?

 

Say plug heater into an outlet on EB8 and write program something like

 

If temp is <76 then on

If temp is > 79 then off

 

Just brain storming

[spectra]

Should work just fine that way. The heater I have is a won brothers and no temp control it needs an apex or another controller.

[Aquanius]

Yeah, just make sure to have the fall back to off, so if it loses control signals it will shut down the heater.

 

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[The ReefBox]

I,was,thinking apex could control it without a temp controller or step heater probe, it just uses the apex heater probe

[caolewis]

I,was,thinking apex could control it without a temp controller or step heater probe, it just uses the apex heater probe

Just set your heater probe to your tank temp (79 or 80?? ), then programming apex based of apex's heater proble to have it ON and OFF and safeguard it from there.

Edited August 29, 2016 by caolewis

[Bevo5]

I've also found the $29 investment in a 2nd temp probe to be a worthwhile investment. The two read within .1 degree of each other originally but over the past 6-8 months have gone to like .3 or so. I don't really care enough to recalibrate at this point, but it shows that over time the APEX probes can move a bit. 

 

Plus, having them both set up gives me an extra layer of security. If either of them go up then the heater shuts off and I get an alert etc.