Re: What would you do to a fish room?

["Patrick J. Coleman" <patrickjcolemanis at attbi_com>]

Jeremy,
Think automatic sprinklers system controls! The are all now pretty much
controlled and located close to or right in your panel array. That way you
would have control for your heat & cooling system,  your lighting, your
water circulation etc. all from the breaker box, with the possibilities of
separate circuits as posted before.  Several years ago, I did the yard
maintenance for the football coach of Montana State University and he had
his sprinkler system split up to allow for a wash shower for his horses,
stalls and tool room. With drain's conveniently located in the floor you can
divert that dirty water to your outdoor plants, yard or whatever.
Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Lewis" <ScottWmLewis at attbi_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: What would you do to a fish room?


> Jeremy Adams wrote:
>
> > On 6/10/02 9:46 PM, "Scott Lewis" <ScottWmLewis at attbi_com> wrote:
> >
> > > Light circuit...... think about how and where you are going to want to
control
> > > them from.
> > >
> > > Timers.... are you going to want any?  More than one?  Keeping them
all in one
> > > place might be convenient.  Perhaps you will want to have separate
circuits
> > > dedicated to a timer or two.  Lights and water changes come to mind.
> >
> > Do they make circuit breaker based timers? That would be a very useful
> > thing. I was even considering looking at some of the X-10 products for
> > remote control of the fish room. I heard they had time delayed dimmers.
That
> > way fish would not be startled in the morning and have a gradual bed
time.
>
> There are no CB based timers that I'm aware of.  But, it is a simple
matter to wire
> the circuit to the timer then from the timer to the outlets.  It is pretty
common to
> see timers mounted inside of CB like boxes to control lighting, in
particular
> exterior signs.
>
> I'm not intimately familiar with the X10 line.  But, it would not surprise
me to see
> a 'time delayed dimmer'.  I think most of the X10 stuff is relatively low
rating
> suitable for individual lamps and small motors.  They would be able to
control
> relays and contactors, though.  Beware, relays and contactors tend to be
pretty
> pricey.
>
>  Just looked in an older electronics catalog..... for $20 extra, there is
one timer
> that will control 4 different circuits from the same control panel.
Something like
> this would allow you to turn on/off different lights to give you that
dawn/dusk
> effect.
>
> --
> Scott
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