Jebao on controller with battery backup

[likmonster]

Hi folks,

I just started to use my reef angel and I am loving it this far. I have 2 WP40 pumps on my RA+ and I'm wondering if it is possible to attach a backup battery for power outages for at least one of the powerheads?

Thanks!

[Sacohen]

Yes you can. There are several post about it around.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showp ... count=1398
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... ery+backup
http://166.78.194.232/forums/showpost.p ... tcount=400
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/gen ... ost1311067

[likmonster]

Thanks Steve. I look through most of your links. My question is, if you use the RA+ as the controller in place of the stock controller, how would the pump on the battery backup work if the RA+ will not be powered on in a power outage situation. Maybe I'm not understanding it because I haven't had a chance to test it, but it seems like this might be a problem. Thanks!

[Sacohen]

The RA would need to be on a battery backup as well.
Something small like for a computer.
If you didn't want everything running like your pumps and lights then you would need to code it like lnevo has done in his code to detect a power outage and disable certain things.

[likmonster]

thanks steve that might be the only solution. can you show me where lnevo has his coding for this. thanks

[Sacohen]

He has a thread under the My PDE/INO file section.
Here is the link.

http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2328

He keeps his code updated in the 2nd post.

[likmonster]

thanks! you've been great help!