Apex/ electrical/GFI messed up.Help.

[reefwithareefer]

[quote=mike31154;958337]The Apex Reference Manual is full of little gems! Remember my questioning


Hey, good one Mike. You may be onto something here...
I do not remember reading that, but will now.

Now to learn what and how to telnet...Whoever said having a saltwater tank is easy was lying....

[reefwithareefer]

Bah, telnet will be easy compared to everything else

[reefwithareefer]

So far , with the MH light plug removed from the EB8, the amps are steady at 11.3 max amps..

[Robw]

Mike, good to see you have way more time than me to help out with this problem.

I would put the chiller on its own circuit and not run it on the apex. They can draw a fair bit of current when they startup. Magnetic ballasts will draw more current when they strike the bulb than a electronic ballast. The running current should be close, but the magnetic ballast will use more power.

Definitely recalibrate the eb8.

[reefwithareefer]

Originally Posted by Robw

Mike, good to see you have way more time than me to help out with this problem.

I would put the chiller on its own circuit and not run it on the apex. They can draw a fair bit of current when they startup. Magnetic ballasts will draw more current when they strike the bulb than a electronic ballast. The running current should be close, but the magnetic ballast will use more power.

Definitely recalibrate the eb8.

There is no "sticker" telling me what type of ballast it is...any obvious ways to tell if it is a magnetic...Even the galaxy site does not say..

[Robw]

Magnetic ballasts are heavy. Most electronic ballasts are in anodized aluminum cases with a cooling fan. Can you post pics of them?

[reefwithareefer]

Originally Posted by Robw

Magnetic ballasts are heavy. Most electronic ballasts are in anodized aluminum cases with a cooling fan. Can you post pics of them?

Just by that description, I know they are electronic. My original Coralife fixture had big heavy black boxes for the MH. The galaxies are light with green aluminum, finned casing with fans.

I thought that all HQI bulbs were suppose to be better on magnetic..
The pendants must have originally had magnetic ballasts as the sticker on ballast said to use an M80 bulb to match ballast