Reef Angel Forum

like the title says. im looking to buy one. why should I buy a ra? and are they easy to use as I have seen people say..

really what im asking is if I buy the ra can it do the samething the apex can do ? the price is less then half of the apex so im having a hard time seeing that out of the box it will do the samething

What is that you have in mind to accomplish with either controller?

Looking to replace my timer for my lights and my controller for my wave maker. A ph monitor salinity monitor ato.

Oh and a temp monitor

With out know what kind of equipment you have, it's tough to say, but The RA can control pretty much any the Apex can and it's more flexible to code.

I control my light, my ATO, my Denitrification chamber. monitor my pH and Salinity and 3 aspects of temp, the sump, the tank and the room.

My next step after I step up my new tank is going to control my RO/DI unit as to when it fills my storage bins, do a daily flush of the membrane and set up and Automatic Water Change.

gilley wrote:Looking to replace my timer for my lights and my controller for my wave maker. A ph monitor salinity monitor ato.

I'm not familiar with Apex, but the RA does all of this (except for salinity, that's an add on) right out of the box.

I use mine for temp control, ATO, LED dimming, fans, pH monitoring, dosing control, and to turn the light in my stand on when I open the door .

I plan on adding a few more channels for my LED's and total control of my Jaebo pumps soon.

--Colin

cosmith71 wrote:

gilley wrote:Looking to replace my timer for my lights and my controller for my wave maker. A ph monitor salinity monitor ato.

I'm not familiar with Apex, but the RA does all of this (except for salinity, that's an add on) right out of the box.

I use mine for temp control, ATO, LED dimming, fans, pH monitoring, dosing control, and to turn the light in my stand on when I open the door .

I plan on adding a few more channels for my LED's and total control of my Jaebo pumps soon.

--Colin

Is dimming the leds part of the out of box or a add on

There are 2 dimming ports on the main relay.
So if all you need to control is 2 channels it can be done right out of the box.
The Dimming Module (which is an add on) can control 6 additional devices (Led's DC Pumps) in any combination of analog or PWM and either 0-10v or 0-5v depending on the jumper configuration you set inside the module.