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RobbyG · 03/11/2016, 08:54 PM

Excellent work. You might want to make a second revision and just add in the display and case. Of course you will need to add a 9v battery to power the display but you could ditch the other battery and just build a small DC-DC converter to power the existing circuit, also it makes the unit become an independent meter like the original. They use to have some nice cases on eBay that have a 9v battery compartment and a cut out area for the display.

BTW if your not opposed to the idea, please post the schematic, it's good when stuff like this is archived for people who might want to build one.

Rob

03/11/2016, 08:54 PM	#46
RobbyG Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 600 Ft From the Reef Posts: 2,099	Excellent work. You might want to make a second revision and just add in the display and case. Of course you will need to add a 9v battery to power the display but you could ditch the other battery and just build a small DC-DC converter to power the existing circuit, also it makes the unit become an independent meter like the original. They use to have some nice cases on eBay that have a 9v battery compartment and a cut out area for the display. BTW if your not opposed to the idea, please post the schematic, it's good when stuff like this is archived for people who might want to build one. Rob __________________ The Optimist says the glass is half full, the Pessimist says it’s half empty, an engineer only see's a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be! Current Tank Info: Insanely Automated Low Power Consumption 90 Gal Oceanic Bow System/Aquatronica Touch Controller/AQ Dosing Pump/AQT LEDS/AQ SMS/Seq Dart Pump/ASM G3/Ozotech Ozonizer/Koralin 1502/Chiller/Typhoon3 Ro/S.Squirt /Phos React/Rmt DSB