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Low Voltage Undergravel Heater Plans
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: Low Voltage Undergravel Heater Plans
- From: "Adam R. Novitt" <novitt at javanet_com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:05:10 -0400
- Disposition-Notification-To: "Adam R. Novitt" <novitt at javanet_com>
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <199808250748.DAA28187 at acme_actwin.com>
Hello all,
I just returned to the list after a long hiatus. My plants have summered
well in a garden pond while I was trout fishing in Greenland! I'll be
setting up my new 75 gallon. What I am asking is if anyone has set up DIY
low voltage under gravel in a 75. Could I please benefit from your
experience in that you could share your calculations with me? What I like
to know is how many feet and what gage wire to use and where you sourced
your transformer and or what the specifications are. I'm confident I can
wire it with a little guidance. I looked in the APD digest and found some
plans but must admit I'm a little confused by them.
Other than that it will feature 9 T-8 bulbs on 3 ballasts with staggered
start times, i.e. the y will come on and go off one or two hours apart. Is
this too much light? That's 4.8 watts of T-8 per gallon, what if the last 3
only came on for a couple of hours at "noon"? I'll be using a sterile
substrate and CO2 injection into the wet/dry in the sump. I plan to use
only a little amount on media in the wet/dry.
I would appreciate any or all comments on this!!