Coralife power center questions.

[tommy_zito]

I just bought this being that i bought the Coralife lunar aqualight.

Ive read the manual, and tried to set up my timer but it seems that im not doing it right being that its not doing what i want it do.

When programing you have 7 different cycles, my question is how does this work...can i set a timer for each individual day, and night plugs?

any advice would help, here is how i want my lights to cycle.

Day 10am-6pm
Day&Blue 2pm-6pm
Blue 2pm-10pm
Led 10pm-4am

HELP ME PLEASE!!!! i feel so stupid for being out smarted by a power plug

 

[SCGeordie]

You have 4 outlets that are on all the time, the 2 yellow outlets are day and the 2 blue ones night. You should be able to overlap the day and night outlets to have day on from 10.00am - 6.00pm and blue from 2.00pm - 10.00pm but there isn't a third set you could use for the led's, I would say your best bet would be to get a basic timer like this from Home Depot http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 and plug it into one of the 'always on' outlets for the led's.

 

[tommy_zito]

well the problem im having right now is that when the day lights are on (yellow plugs), it cut's power from the night plugs (blue). so i was trying to run the day 10,000k bulb and the actinic blue on the 2 yellow outlets and the leds on the bule night outlets

 

[SCGeordie]

OK, I should have read through the instructons again before I answered, mine is setup to just switch from day to night so I didn't notice that you can't overlap them (thought it was possible from what I could remember). Sounds like using 3 of the basic timers on a regular power strip woud work better - this is dissappointing to me cos I found that Home Depot and Lowes sell exactly the same timer as the Coralife one for $19.99 (only diff is the day/night outlets aren't colored) so I bought two "for the next tank/project".

 

[tommy_zito]

yeah im using just one regular timer and the coralife, and yeah it is kind disappointing for the amount of money you spend on it, you would think that you could set it up how ever you wanted it to..

 

[SCGeordie]

Yeah, at $35 you should be able to at least set each of the day and night outlets individually. The $20 version from Home Depot is just about worth paying for.