Recent content by Nessie

Changed out the power supply for 6V and it all works fine.

Alright, so the contactors for the heaters are re-wired and work great. The only thing i've got now is the problem with the BCS output signals. I unplugged everything but ground and the power supply (which is actually a 9v dc power supply vice 6v). The problem persists. An output signal is being...

Groovy. I'm a mechanic/lab tech by trade, doing the best I can with the terminology. Thanks for the input!

Thanks for the reply. What you suggested for the 220v coil is what i was trying to convey. When you connect L1 and L2 through the coil you're still connecting them or shorting them like you say. Whats the difference between that and say completing a circuit in any other load? What did you think...

I think I figured out how to fix the first issue. Assuming L1 is running to the input of the contactor coil, I just splice into L2 and route that to the "output" of the contactor coil providing 220v to the coil to shut it.

Hey guys! Still not dead, woohoo! I just about finished wiring everything up, but i'm having two issues when I plug in the panel. 1) I have a 220v contactor that has a 220v coil. Does anyone have a good wiring diagram for this? I currently have 110 going into the coil, then realized it was...

USA, RED! Cheers!!

Wow! There's a lot going on here! Great build, thanks for sharing. I'll have to come back to a few ideas shown here once I have finished my current build. So much learning to do!

Finally got around to making some more progress. Mapped out the holes for the pump/heater receptacles, main power and ethernet connection. Center punched locations, pilot holed and then hole sawed with lubricant. Went pretty smooth, little better than the front though i still had to file down a...

All good, I intend on switching them out. Will post sauce for the old farts with bad hearts.

Custom wire colors, it's gonna be big. :tank:

Some wiring progress! Realized I only bought one color wire for the AC stuff, so i put some tiger stripes on em. There's black and purple tiger stripes, but it's hard to tell in the picture. Heading to the print shop right now to get my template printed out in some large B&W formats! Then I'm...

I fixed that issue a while ago, but we covered the solution in previous posts in this thread. Here's the new plug, the CB is #15. Only had to chop my pinky off for it. This way I wont have to worry about any funky transformers or buying new pumps, will just have 4 busses inside the panel for...

This is a preview of what I think will be the layout for the control panel. I am pretty set on the placement of the components. The question here is black labels with white lettering or white labels with black lettering! I am leaning towards black labels with white lettering. Shout out to...

Bought a 7" amazon fire tablet for 30 bucks that will mount onto the front of the panel. Testing the SSRs and temperature probes, everything looks satisfactory so far.