This Aquapod is driving me nuts!!!!!!

[devilboy]

does anyone on this board have there Aquapod lighting on timers? i am having tons of trouble with mine for some reason.... this is whats going on:
i have 2 seperate timers one for actinics, and one for daylights. BUT, when my timer turns on for my actinics, my daylights come on also?? how can this be? and when the timer shuts off for my daylights, the daylights still stay on til the timer for my actinics goes off... im confused....
and in reading the book that came with the aquapod it says:
it is important that to always have the powercord that turns on both the lamp and cooling fan turn on BEFORE the actinic compact light. this will provide proper cooling within the hood.
then it gives u a timer schedule:
LED moonlights 24hrs
Actinic 13 hrs
Daylight 11 - 12 hrs
if this is the case how can i have my actinics on longer then my daylights if they both shut off and turn on at the same time with 2 seperate timers?
how would you create a dusk/dawn effect if they are not independent? which i am sure they are since they have seperate switches....
does anyone have any ideas?

 

[captn bob]

:notsure: man i wish i could help ya out,but i,m about to orderaaquapod24 myself.i hope you let the rest of us in onyour results so we know what to expect, thanks :thinking:

 

[devilboy]

i dunno man, i left current usa a email and maybe they can help me out... i bought 2 timers and i tried em out and thats what they did. so i thought maybe the timers were screwed up, so i bought 2 more new ones, and the lights did the same thing. if thats how they do have it wired, then there should be some way to re wire so they turn on independ from each other. its weird, they have 3 switches, one actinic, one daylight, and one LED moons.

:notsure:

 

[phoenixfla]

Call Current. My wife called yesterday and spoke to someone. They have it hooked up for use with what they call a "dual timer" Dont ask me what that is. Maybe something they plan to offer in the future.
How did I find out about this problem??? Well I had unplugged the daylight plug and plugged it into a timer. It would not turn off with the timer. I tried the timer on another device and it worked fine, so when I went to plug it back into the daylight cord I got zapped by the end of the cord. THATS RIGHT! The power cord for the daylight light is energized when you plug in the cord for the actinic. If this cord were to come in contact with water (This is an aquarium and all) it could kill. This is a highly dangerous situation and I think they should be recalled before someone dies.
Anyway - to make a long story longer - Current is sending out some kind of adaptor to plug into the ends of the cord which will allow the use of regular timers and also (hopefully) prevent current from backflowing on the cord not plugged in. Also, I would highly suggest using a GFI on these cords, even if you dont usually. (yes, I know that every aquarium should be on a GFI)
I am sure Current will send you the same adaptors for the asking.

 

[devilboy]

exactly what has been happening to me.... but i never got zapped since i never came in contact with the prongs of the other power cord... but Ike from Current USA did contact me by phone and via email and this is what was said:
> Subject: AquaPod & Timers
>
> Dear Tim,
>
> We apologize your having a problem with your AquaPod and use with timers.
> After some investigation, we found that some units were wired in a way that
> prevents them from being used with single outlet timers.
>
> However, we do have an easy solution for your problem that we can send to
> you in the mail. If you just provide your name and address, we will go
> ahead and drop them in the mail to you.
>
> Once again, we do apologize.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ike
>
> Ike Eigenbrode
> Current USA, Inc.
> www.current-usa.com
> Ph: 760-727-7011
> Fax: 760-727-7066