Gyre 200 series battery backup question

n4s · Jan 5, 2017

Anybody using the battery back up with the 200 series controller for the maxspect gyre?

I have two gyre xf280 pumps with controller. The controller has a port specifically for a battery back up. I'm not sure if I'm connect comething wrong or what, but I can't get the battery backup to work. I have a working (tested on older model gyre) icecap battery back up and it will not run either pump when I disconnect the power supply.
Is there a setting I'm missing on the controller to get this to work?

JOKER · Jan 5, 2017

Is that backup recommended for them?? I have yet to get one but following as I have 2 of the 250 on my tank.

n4s · Jan 5, 2017

According to coralvue it is. As well as the ecotech battery back up, which also does not work when I test it.

Supurderek · Jan 5, 2017

Sadly, it may be the certain draw is needed from stronger battery to power the newer 200 series. Best to ask distributor like coralvue, directly.

cato · Feb 23, 2017

Anyone figure this out yet? Running 2 (soon to be 4) of these and am curious as well on backup power.
Thanks

Maritimer · Feb 23, 2017

Having two 50s (one old, one new) on my tank, a battery backup would seem to be fairly helpful . . . literally, a lifesaver.

Shoutout to @Jeremy@CoralVue, to maybe help sort out what backups will work (what about the ones at Home Depot that they sell for computers and things?) and how to achieve optimum performance from them.

~Bruce

Diego Johnson · Feb 23, 2017

Gyre 200-series is an advanced battery backup. It controls up to 2 individual Gyre pumps. So you can use it because I have been using this 200 series for few months and it gives me the best performance.
Thank you.

n4s · Feb 23, 2017

I got it to work by just attaching the battery backup (icecap) to the main power cable. For some reason attaching it to the battery backup port would not work. However, I have never contacted coralvue about it either.

Already went into use when my power went out for 2 hours. Provided enough flow on my 8 footer to keep things happy until power came back on.

jzw · Mar 6, 2018

@n4s, did it last the entire 2hrs?

i need to get a backup as well. my power's been off twice in past 3 months, and it was deadly still in the tank!

edit: carlos responded within 60 seconds on the coralvue site:

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carlos, what is the correct backup for two xf280s?

there was an unresolved issue on this reef2reef thread

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/gyre-200-series-battery-backup-question.281901/

hence my question.

thanks,

john

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today 15:43 (now)
Carlos Chacon wrote
Unfortunately the XF280's run on 36 volts so there isn't a backup available. In this case, I would suggest running a backup UPC unit like the ones needed for computers.

n4s · Mar 7, 2018

Icecap battery works for the 280s. I think it defaulted to about 10%.
It ran One of the 280s of the two. At the end of the 2 hours it was still running To what appeared as the same strength as when the backup first kicked on.

mike werner · Mar 7, 2018

carlos,what don't you know about these pumps?

kz4q66 · Mar 16, 2018

I love the "backup power".
I got 2 50s (xf-150 and xf-250). Connected main power (24v) to my Apex and connected backup power to my UPS via an 12v 2.5A power adapter.
Unplugged the main line, from the controller I saw both A and B were running at 50% constant mode from UPS.
Great feature!

Koigula · Sep 3, 2018

jzw said:
@n4s, did it last the entire 2hrs?

i need to get a backup as well. my power's been off twice in past 3 months, and it was deadly still in the tank!

edit: carlos responded within 60 seconds on the coralvue site:

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carlos, what is the correct backup for two xf280s?

there was an unresolved issue on this reef2reef thread

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/gyre-200-series-battery-backup-question.281901/

hence my question.

thanks,

john

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today 15:43 (now)
Carlos Chacon wrote
Unfortunately the XF280's run on 36 volts so there isn't a backup available. In this case, I would suggest running a backup UPC unit like the ones needed for computers.