Skimmer on timer

[Michael Gray]

My current skimmer settings on outlet is programming logic 3. that makes it so it turns on 2 minutes after maintenance mode and feed mode.

Can I also make it so my skimmer turns off for 8 hours in a day either day or night. I'm trying to see if turning off my skimmer for let's say 8 hours a day. Will hell raise po4 and no3 levels as I have 0 still.

 

[Ditto]

You would need to create a timer and add it to the logic on the outlet.

 

[Ditto]

Forgot to add the screen shots of the timer


Timer sett

above is off for 480 seconds (8 hours) then turns on for 960 seconds (16 hours)

select the days of the week

Then add this timer to your outlet, since you already have logic assigned you would use advanced program logic and add the timer to it.

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

If you need it to turn ON only for specific hours of the day, you can use the Timer function in "Normal" switchmode and specify the time to turn ON and OFF.

Create a new Programmable Logic gate:
Input 1: This should be the current PL gate you have assigned to the skimmer socket
Input 2: The TIMER function you want to use
Function: AND

EDIT: Ditto's method works too!

 

[Michael Gray]

Awesome. I actually set it up that way but before using it, I'm gonna try to run it super dry so it atleast keeps oxygenating my water. I dont want that to drop so illl run really dry first see if I can get no3 up at all