Varios Pump + Icecap Backup?

scotturban54 · Jul 30, 2018

Will the icecap battery backup work with the RO Varios 8 Pumps or the Neptune Cor pumps?

Jeremy@CoralVue · Jul 30, 2018

scotturban54 said:
Will the icecap battery backup work with the RO Varios 8 Pumps or the Neptune Cor pumps?

Sorry the Icecap battery is intended for smaller 12v dc flow pumps like the gyre. You would require a larger battery to continuously run a larger water pump like the Varios 8.

TessGlo · Oct 1, 2018

Does the Icecap battery backup work with the Reef Octopus Octo Pulse 4 power-head? I just tried and it didn't work, I'm hoping its just I have the wrong adapter or something. Also, I thought the Icecap was for DC pumps 12-24 volts?

Jeremy@CoralVue · Oct 4, 2018

TessGlo said:
Does the Icecap battery backup work with the Reef Octopus Octo Pulse 4 power-head? I just tried and it didn't work, I'm hoping its just I have the wrong adapter or something. Also, I thought the Icecap was for DC pumps 12-24 volts?

Yes the Octo Pulse 4 does work with the IceCap back up battery. No special connection ends needed, just one of the Y cables installed properly. Please make sure that the battery is fully charged for 48 hours before testing. The Octo Pulse should reduce in speed when power is lost and will resume programmed speed and mode once power is returns.

kpalas · Nov 25, 2018

Why does the description of the Icecap battery says it will work for 12-24v dc pumps, but yet I'm being told it won't work for a Varios 2 pump?

Jeremy@CoralVue · Nov 26, 2018

kpalas said:
Why does the description of the Icecap battery says it will work for 12-24v dc pumps, but yet I'm being told it won't work for a Varios 2 pump?

In essence the VarioS 2 could operate off of the battery but not as you would expect it to. The IceCap backup battery is more designed to manage flow pumps like the Maxpsect and IceCap Gyre pumps. These pumps knock down the power to conserve the battery life. With water pumps like the VarioS they usually require higher power settings and usually under higher head pressure tend to run and draw a lot from the batteries in a short period of time even when used with two batteries. These types of power cycles can also drastically shorten the life of the battery and why I do not suggest their use on such pumps. Thanks for your understanding.

kpalas · Nov 26, 2018

Ok thank you.

Reefiness · Dec 15, 2018

Jeremy@CoralVue said:
Yes the Octo Pulse 4 does work with the IceCap back up battery. No special connection ends needed, just one of the Y cables installed properly. Please make sure that the battery is fully charged for 48 hours before testing. The Octo Pulse should reduce in speed when power is lost and will resume programmed speed and mode once power is returns.

I just got my pulse 4 pumps in yesterday and installed them hoping to connect them to my ice cap batteries as I had my jebaos set up. When I connect these pumps to the batteries, the 2 leds for 15 min and 60 min pause flash red. What am i doing wrong?

IlliniMed · Mar 12, 2019

Will the icecap run with innovative marine wave link power heads?

IlliniMed · Mar 12, 2019

Will the icecap work with the innovative marine wave link power heads?

Jeremy@CoralVue · Mar 13, 2019

IlliniMed said:
Will the icecap work with the innovative marine wave link power heads?

We have never tested them but they likely will have no issue from what I can see online. Each DC pump is different and if these pumps don't automatically slow down I would suggest doing so to retain battery life when there is an outage.

Riptide_Reef · Jul 12, 2019

Jeremy@CoralVue said:
Yes the Octo Pulse 4 does work with the IceCap back up battery. No special connection ends needed, just one of the Y cables installed properly. Please make sure that the battery is fully charged for 48 hours before testing. The Octo Pulse should reduce in speed when power is lost and will resume programmed speed and mode once power is returns.

I’m planning on purchasing an Octo Pulse 2 and an Icecap Battery backup... from this lost, I understand that it will indeed work, and should reduce speed during a power outage, then resume my last settings once power is restored...

My question is will this work if I have the Octo Pulse connected to my Apex via 0-10v control? I’m not planning on having my Apex on a UPS or anything, so once a powernout happens, it’s lights out... will the Octopulse still automatically reduce speed and run off the battery on this situation?

Thanks for any info!

KrustyKrab305 · Mar 8, 2021

Jeremy@CoralVue said:
Yes the Octo Pulse 4 does work with the IceCap back up battery. No special connection ends needed, just one of the Y cables installed properly. Please make sure that the battery is fully charged for 48 hours before testing. The Octo Pulse should reduce in speed when power is lost and will resume programmed speed and mode once power is returns.

I would assume the same Y cable installed with the Octo Pulse 2 will work with the ice cap battery backup?