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Then the Milwaukee should cover you with the same solenoid type approach like you said! Its just hard to get to 8.4. Least for me.
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OK now bear with me. I would have to some how connect the solenoid to the Milwaukee so it triggers the solenoid to open and/or close. And that can be done by simply splicing wires. I have a hard time unless the things are right in front of me. And there are no videos that I have found yet on doing this. Digging deeper into toutube as we speak.

EDIT: The Milwaukee's Power block has a plug in it which is where i would plug in the solenoid and that is how i can control the on/off of the scrubber!!! i can figure things out :)
 
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So the pH monitor is way more reliable when I have it plugged into the nano, skipping the daughter board... so I'm ditching the daughter board... dont know why I kept it... now I can make the pH thing tiny and usb powered...

And, on ParlAlinity news... I still have no idea how to go from color-change to alk but I do have ideas for how to automate all the fluid handling and mixing and such and will execute that.
Once I collect a ton of data through automation I am hoping to figure out the correlation between dye and alkalinity.

I did swap out the nozzle on a printer to 0.2 size so I could print the tiny details of a doser head for my tiny stepper motors... I'm waiting for the 4mm silicone tube and bearings.
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Projects with Sam said:
So the pH monitor is way more reliable when I have it plugged into the nano, skipping the daughter board... so I'm ditching the daughter board... dont know why I kept it... now I can make the pH thing tiny and usb powered...

And, on ParlAlinity news... I still have no idea how to go from color-change to alk but I do have ideas for how to automate all the fluid handling and mixing and such and will execute that.
Once I collect a ton of data through automation I am hoping to figure out the correlation between dye and alkalinity.

I did swap out the nozzle on a printer to 0.2 size so I could print the tiny details of a doser head for my tiny stepper motors... I'm waiting for the 4mm silicone tube and bearings.
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My Hanna test kit gave me 165 ppm Alk.

The sensor lines from my thing for the same sample are below:
First two lines are just tank water, next two are after 1ml HI772S Alk reagent
Code: 
R: 251 G: 488 B: 451     C: 1292  - Color Temp: 8236 K - Lux: 358
R: 250 G: 489 B: 452     C: 1293  - Color Temp: 8279 K - Lux: 359
R: 214 G: 409 B: 369     C: 1079  - Color Temp: 7960 K - Lux: 306
R: 215 G: 406 B: 366     C: 1074  - Color Temp: 7876 K - Lux: 303
not sure how to go from one to the other...
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I think I need to add something reflective behind the vial so I get better reading.
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What is this?? It looks like something I could never make
 
Reeflix said:
Also what is its purpose? i clicked on the link (i guess i could do it) but a too tired to read it today.
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It's purpose is water testing.
 
tbrown said:
You could. What classes are you taking in school?
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I am homeschooled (basically the only way that i can have my tank and fuss over it) but i take biology, maths (not a fan) history, music, grammar, science, and also a lot other stuff
 
Reeflix said:
I am homeschooled (basically the only way that i can have my tank and fuss over it) but i take biology, maths (not a fan) history, music, grammar, science, and also a lot other stuff
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Homeschoolers... My kids are homeschooled. It's sure nice.
 
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so you know the way hanna checkers can tell stuff about your tank based on comparing water before and after adding some dye? Well, this thing can get the before and after data... and I can automate it... (I may do this anyway just to check my numbers)
worst case scenario, I put a decapitated hanna checker at its heart and read the number off it...
I just want to automate my alkalinity readings and enjoy these kinds of projects.
 
so I pulled it out of its case and off the card and soldered it together and tossed it into another case and were all set!
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The readings get a little wonky that high in the pH range but when it drops down it gets accurate again.

The numbers and title turn red when ph gets below 10.
 
Projects with Sam said:
so I pulled it out of its case and off the card and soldered it together and tossed it into another case and were all set!
IMG_5926(1).JPEG IMG_5927(1).JPEG IMG_5928(1).JPEG
The readings get a little wonky that high in the pH range but when it drops down it gets accurate again.

The numbers and title turn red when ph gets below 10.
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You need to hook up an alarm to it.
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Stang67 said:
You need to hook up an alarm to it.
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agreed! its in the code... just was having issues and I really just wanted to get it off my desk!
 
I have been considering seeing what acrylic is going for now....

Asking the close shop to just cut me strips that I can cement together to make a 3 piece lid with netting. Could try router cutting edges smooth too. Table mount is probably better :s

Waste I would figure out something ... Nem box, frag racks, maybe put together a small desktop AOI Cough...down the road.

CNC waiting does sound sexier... lol
 
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