jnb
07/09/2005, 06:10 PM
I just sent this email to Neptune but thought it may be just as efficent here or help others with similar problems
Hi – I have a relatively new aqua controller ii. Up till now, it has operated perfectly. I use the direct connects only. One set of lights come on at 6 – they are a couple of lcds and they came on at 6am this AM. About 7:15 the power went out – first it went out for a couple of seconds, came on for 5 seconds and went out for 20 seconds and came on . The LCDs were not on when I walked up to the tank and at 7:30 when the main lights should come on, they did not. I took a look and controller had lost its date and time – all the timer setups, names, programs, etc were intact. I reset the dates and times and as I did the lights came on. There is a fresh battery in the unit and the low battery indicator was/is NOT flashing. I am not absolutely certain that I had both dates set i.e. maybe the tank date was still Jan 1 for all I know – but I do not expect this to be part of the issue.
I never expected to lose the times with a power failure and I think I have had one before (hey, I’ll go disconnect the power for a second again – I did, clock times intact) – still with the battery I would not have expected this
Please advise as, of course this is not right – thanks
Nick Boyd
Hi – I have a relatively new aqua controller ii. Up till now, it has operated perfectly. I use the direct connects only. One set of lights come on at 6 – they are a couple of lcds and they came on at 6am this AM. About 7:15 the power went out – first it went out for a couple of seconds, came on for 5 seconds and went out for 20 seconds and came on . The LCDs were not on when I walked up to the tank and at 7:30 when the main lights should come on, they did not. I took a look and controller had lost its date and time – all the timer setups, names, programs, etc were intact. I reset the dates and times and as I did the lights came on. There is a fresh battery in the unit and the low battery indicator was/is NOT flashing. I am not absolutely certain that I had both dates set i.e. maybe the tank date was still Jan 1 for all I know – but I do not expect this to be part of the issue.
I never expected to lose the times with a power failure and I think I have had one before (hey, I’ll go disconnect the power for a second again – I did, clock times intact) – still with the battery I would not have expected this
Please advise as, of course this is not right – thanks
Nick Boyd