relay box out put is passably staying on

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riggeek
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relay box out put is passably staying on

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Are relays or Solid state drivers used to power the relay box plugs. I may have one misbehaving.

I am asking because my tank has over heated 3 times while I was away and and then would behaved good for 1 to 2 days then would start to over heat again. The portal and display would both show off, but the temp would continue to rise. I am not at home and troubleshooting from work about 2000 miles away. a very confused Mother in law is trying to help me. lol

I have confirmed that the temp probe is reading correct.

The heater I used does not have a controller, I rely on the Reef Angel to control it.
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Re: relay box out put is passably staying on

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It's mechanical relay.
If the temperature continued to rise, at what point it would stop?
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First, and second time it stopped at about 80 deg. Last night it got as high as 81.5 deg and was not showing any signs of stopping.
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But how did you get it to stop 1st and 2nd?
How about the 3rd?
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1st and 2nd times it stopped on it own. 3rd time I had the mother in law pull the power plug from the relay box.
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Has the code been changed?
It looks like it is doing it in a pattern.
It starts in the afternoon and it stops around 1 or 2 in the morning. Almost like following your light cycle?
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No code has been changed for a few months. We did however move to a new city about 3 weeks ago. last night when I started getting alert emails i watched for some time thou the portal. the heater was showing red, but i watch the temp climb about 1.2 more degrees.
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Last night my daughter and mother in law hook up a spare heater that has a controller. With both the reef angel controller and portal both showing off the relay off, the spare heater had a green light show power applied to it.

So Roberto would you say I need to order a replacement relay box?
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It looks like.
I'd like you to run the ControllerTester code to confirm.
File->Sketchbook->Example Codes
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wife just made it home. The mother in law had unplugged the wrong port. So I need to take a back step and look this over some more
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