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Old 04-08-2008, 09:54 PM
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The Coralife digital power bar continues to work well for me after about a year. A lot of people seem to be down on Coralife, but as far as I can tell that's based on their analog model. Far less versatile than the controllers mentioned above, but a bargain at less than $30 at most LFS.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_ID=WM-ESUPCD

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I just picked up 2 from Home Depot. They are the same as the Corallife Digital power bars but they are on sale for $14.99. Made by Intermatic too.
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:25 AM
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I bought one of those. The timer on it stopped working. I then took it back, and the same exact thing happened again. Then I lost the receipt and couldn't take them back anymore

Edit: Even battery changes did not help. It is only the timer that didn't work, the clock and everything else worked fine.

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Old 04-09-2008, 02:43 AM
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Hi,

The Coralife digital power bar continues to work well for me after about a year. A lot of people seem to be down on Coralife, but as far as I can tell that's based on their analog model. Far less versatile than the controllers mentioned above, but a bargain at less than $30 at most LFS.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_ID=WM-ESUPCD

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I just picked up one of these. it is for my FW tank so this suits me erfect thanks for the input.

As for it stoping working have you chcked the battery in the back the timer will stop working if it dies. i was told by my LFS to expect this about every 8 mo.
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Old 04-09-2008, 03:48 AM
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I would google some reviews on these. There was a rash of fires associated with them in 2007 on RC. Just a heads up.
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I would google some reviews on these. There was a rash of fires associated with them in 2007 on RC. Just a heads up.

Which brand are you refering to? There were too many mentioned and I've lost track. Thanks
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Old 04-09-2008, 04:55 AM
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The coralife ones, not only was there that rash of fires/random melting, we were advised at a LFS in Edmonton that they frequently just died without reason.
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I dont thik te one i bought would be in that batch as according to the marking on the back was made nov 07. thanks for the heads up on this however.
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