lazyreefer
Senior Member
- Location
- Flushing, Queens
I guess you get what you paid for... I bought a float switch from here about a week ago:
http://www.californiareefs.com/forsale.htm
because it was cheapest place I can find for a float switch.
It worked perfectly fine for 5 days and bam it was stuck on position even though the float was to the top ( where it should have switched off ). I was lucky enough to show my roommate how the auto top off worked because he was walking by the tank and saw it that tank was starting to overflow and unplugged the power head from the auto top off just as it was over flowing (I dont have a sump so it does not take a lot of water to over flow). Tested it out side of the tank by moving the float up and down and it seems to work ok but in the water it is always stuck on on position. This leads me to believe that there is a small leak on the top off unit and the circuit is always on in slat water ( shocking my tank prob too). I have emailed person who made this unit last night and did not hear from him yet.
well just a warning for you guys to check the top off unit and I will update how the seller resolves or not resolve the problem.
http://www.californiareefs.com/forsale.htm
because it was cheapest place I can find for a float switch.
It worked perfectly fine for 5 days and bam it was stuck on position even though the float was to the top ( where it should have switched off ). I was lucky enough to show my roommate how the auto top off worked because he was walking by the tank and saw it that tank was starting to overflow and unplugged the power head from the auto top off just as it was over flowing (I dont have a sump so it does not take a lot of water to over flow). Tested it out side of the tank by moving the float up and down and it seems to work ok but in the water it is always stuck on on position. This leads me to believe that there is a small leak on the top off unit and the circuit is always on in slat water ( shocking my tank prob too). I have emailed person who made this unit last night and did not hear from him yet.
well just a warning for you guys to check the top off unit and I will update how the seller resolves or not resolve the problem.