Coralife Power Center + other timer switches
Are there any alternatives to the Coralife Power Center (apart from using multiple timers)? I find that the Power Center's many tiny switches (for want of a better word) on the time dial are fragile and easily disturbed by accident. The article would be good if it replaced the 'mechanical timer dial' with a digital/LCD timer system. Are there any alternatives?
Just in case you don't know what the Power Center is, I have included a photo below. You use the dial to set the time that you want power to come on or go off. When the power comes on, one set of sockets are live with power, and the other set are not powered. When the switch powers off, the previously not powered sockets become powered. This is useful, for example, if you want one switch to control lights on/off; air stone/air pump to come on after lights go off; CO2 solenoid to go on and off with lights &c.
Andrew Cribb
Are there any alternatives to the Coralife Power Center (apart from using multiple timers)? I find that the Power Center's many tiny switches (for want of a better word) on the time dial are fragile and easily disturbed by accident. The article would be good if it replaced the 'mechanical timer dial' with a digital/LCD timer system. Are there any alternatives?
Just in case you don't know what the Power Center is, I have included a photo below. You use the dial to set the time that you want power to come on or go off. When the power comes on, one set of sockets are live with power, and the other set are not powered. When the switch powers off, the previously not powered sockets become powered. This is useful, for example, if you want one switch to control lights on/off; air stone/air pump to come on after lights go off; CO2 solenoid to go on and off with lights &c.


Andrew Cribb