After fighting with mine for a bit watching other videos, you explaining how this working was the best. Thank you so much. Gonna pull out my pile of wires and try again.
Great video. Making one right now. Don't know if someone mention this but you DO NOT have to cut both wires. You can just make the hot wire shorter and you don't get the bow in the common wire.
i got to say this is one of the best ato videos i have ever seen on UA-cam you keep going bro i have done this and still works to this day 4 years stronge i wish their was this video like this when i did it i got all messed up three times before i got it and yes YOU DO GOT TO USE THE RELAY OR IT WONT WORK RIGHT AND BLOW thanks brother you keep yp the good work😎👊
Nice tutorial. I made one ATO like this without a relay(Direct AC). For 2 week out of town worked like a charm. Tried for another 4 days trip and i flooded the aquarium with RO water. Never knew why stucked on, my salinity went to 1.022. Nothing sufferd from down salinity but i scrapped the idea of building a full time ATO for my nano. Now at least i know why didnt work. (I bought an optical sensor ATO already).
Fantastic video! You can also use one of these for your skimmer as an overflow shut off. I use one for my ato and another for my skimmer. Keep up the good work!
Very useful vid. You read my mind about putting it in a project box and about waterproofing. Pretty sure they sell project boxes with rubber seals/inserts, to keep the internals dry. Maybe put a female power connector on the housing of the project box to make cutting the power cable on the power supply unnecessary? Just plug the power supply into the project box's connector. Same idea for the float switch, make it connectible. Nice project.
Great that was helpful, I got the same stuff like your but was following KING OF DIY vid which did not work for me because he got different relay and switch. Thanks, mate. Now i need to figure out how to make a mounting bracket for the floating switch.
I made one running 2 float switches in series so one is flipped over so it makes contact when down the same as the low level making the circuit to run my 12v peristaltic pump (no relay required) to draw water up and into the tank this also has the redundancy that if the first float switch fails the high level will break the circuit. This has been running for 2.5 years now. And cost about £20 including pump, pipe and 12v power supply, box to mount the pump in and a spare pump just incase.
Great video still... one problem! What about when the watter from the bucket runs out and the pump runs dry? Maibe you can make a video with two sensors, one sensor to start the pump and the second one to be placed into the buchet next to the pump in order to stop the circuit în there's no watter in the bucket! Thank you again!
Hi. I do not use a relay, I cut the phase and I connect in series three level buoys. the first I turn the buoy to deactivate the filling if it gets stuck, below I put the normal one that is activated for the auto fill, and below another one to deactivate the auto fill if the tank is clogged up and Do not lower the water to the sump. All without a relay, only the buoys in series. A greeting.
Very informative video, I have a question, I have all the parts that I ordered from the list you provided, My question is that do I need to plug in 12v power supply and plug in extension cord to the 110v outlet?
I purchased everything that you used to a T, when the float switch is wired into the relay with the 12v power supply, it immediately cuts power to the relay regardless of the switches position. I decided to take a chance a hook the float switch directly into an extension cord and use a lamp, the lamp was constantly ON regardless of the float switch position. Am I safe to assume that I have a broken float switch?
Very aware of that so much so that I already shot the video of making a dc version ;) problem is not many people have DC pumps laying around, can be harder to find and a good price and that have a good head pressure for people that need to lift water 6-8 feet
@@eatsleepreef9565 true. I'll try to send you a link to the one I bought. It just plugs directly into the plug. No splicing needed. Also I think that's a great idea to sell some pre made for people who don't want to build it. Maybe you could build some with a backup switch if first one fails. And maybe a third float switch for the RO reservoir. I love your videos and trying to replicate your tank. So thanks for all the videos. Sorry for the AC/ DC mix up. I edited comment and fixed it.
Don’t do this. If you can’t wake up and add water to your tank you probably just own a tank and don’t really connect with it. There is no redundancy with this the first snail or salt creep gets stuck kiss your floors goodbye. I tried your method: then woke up at 2 am to my floor flooding and my SG dropping. Since then I’ve vowed to never own an ato ever again. Tunze or not. Nothing is safer than you just adding water every morning:
You want reduncancy? Hook this bad boy up to an Amazon Smart plug, sync it to the Kasa App, set it to run no longer than 1 minute. I have my smart plug also scheduled to run every 12ish hours. Since thats about half an inch of water loss for my tank and will fill up where i need it to isnt any longer than 1 minute. If it gets stuck in the on position, itll NEVER overfill my tank. The 1 minute timer will kill the pump before that ever happens and ill never have to chase salinity. I have a Ring Camera sitting overtop of my sump as well and i check on it daily (spend $5k on a setup and you bet your ass ill be looking at it multiple times a day) and i can see if everything is fine or if i need to manually add water or if my bucket is dry.
After fighting with mine for a bit watching other videos, you explaining how this working was the best. Thank you so much. Gonna pull out my pile of wires and try again.
Great video. Making one right now. Don't know if someone mention this but you DO NOT have to cut both wires. You can just make the hot wire shorter and you don't get the bow in the common wire.
Give the king of diy some credit you got this from
Him
They have been around for years I made my own the same way 10 years ago and still going strong so no credit to the prick King of DIY 🖕
Matthew Read want a medal?
Top level DIY ingenuity . Thank you very much for sharing this. Shout out from Bulgaria :) 🇧🇬
Thank you for explaining how a relay switch works specially the wiring, not like other channels that just tell you put the wires here
i got to say this is one of the best ato videos i have ever seen on UA-cam you keep going bro i have done this and still works to this day 4 years stronge i wish their was this video like this when i did it i got all messed up three times before i got it and yes YOU DO GOT TO USE THE RELAY OR IT WONT WORK RIGHT AND BLOW thanks brother you keep yp the good work😎👊
can i ask you somthing is thair a way i could hook up a float switch to stop it if it goes over line
Nice tutorial. I made one ATO like this without a relay(Direct AC). For 2 week out of town worked like a charm. Tried for another 4 days trip and i flooded the aquarium with RO water.
Never knew why stucked on, my salinity went to 1.022. Nothing sufferd from down salinity but i scrapped the idea of building a full time ATO for my nano. Now at least i know why didnt work. (I bought an optical sensor ATO already).
Sucks to hear man but lucky you went another route
That’s pretty ingenious looking at the tunze osmolator it’s the same set up for 85% less which is amazing! Keep up the amazing work!
pro trick: watch movies on flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies lately.
@Titan Dallas definitely, been using Flixzone for since december myself =)
@Titan Dallas Yup, have been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
Fantastic video! You can also use one of these for your skimmer as an overflow shut off. I use one for my ato and another for my skimmer. Keep up the good work!
Very useful vid. You read my mind about putting it in a project box and about waterproofing. Pretty sure they sell project boxes with rubber seals/inserts, to keep the internals dry. Maybe put a female power connector on the housing of the project box to make cutting the power cable on the power supply unnecessary? Just plug the power supply into the project box's connector. Same idea for the float switch, make it connectible.
Nice project.
Ya haha they actually do on amazon
Great video and description
I was looking into buying one but I can build one on my own now. Thanks for the info
Perfect timing, I’m in need for one
FIRST COMMENT!!!!
Cool video. I have all the part minus the relay already. I can use it on my 10 gallon tank
Great that was helpful, I got the same stuff like your but was following KING OF DIY vid which did not work for me because he got different relay and switch. Thanks, mate. Now i need to figure out how to make a mounting bracket for the floating switch.
I made one running 2 float switches in series so one is flipped over so it makes contact when down the same as the low level making the circuit to run my 12v peristaltic pump (no relay required) to draw water up and into the tank this also has the redundancy that if the first float switch fails the high level will break the circuit. This has been running for 2.5 years now. And cost about £20 including pump, pipe and 12v power supply, box to mount the pump in and a spare pump just incase.
Amazing video! Please make the video on how you battled hair algae.
I have used my float switch for 2 years now without relay straight to extension cord with no issues
I did that and it failed after 2 weeks. I guess there are some switches that will work and some won’t. A relay is only $10 for a littl more security.
Great video! Very well explained.
Great video still... one problem! What about when the watter from the bucket runs out and the pump runs dry?
Maibe you can make a video with two sensors, one sensor to start the pump and the second one to be placed into the buchet next to the pump in order to stop the circuit în there's no watter in the bucket! Thank you again!
Hi, good vid.but what if i use a 12V pump? Should i use different power supply also or just connect on the same one that connect to the sensor?
2 questions please, 1. How to make a mounting bracket for float switch and 2. How do I add 2nd floating switch to the same setup?
Hi.
I do not use a relay, I cut the phase and I connect in series three level buoys. the first I turn the buoy to deactivate the filling if it gets stuck, below I put the normal one that is activated for the auto fill, and below another one to deactivate the auto fill if the tank is clogged up and Do not lower the water to the sump.
All without a relay, only the buoys in series. A greeting.
Ive watched this may times and really want to build one. Do you have a wiring diagram for the full assembly?
Very informative video, I have a question, I have all the parts that I ordered from the list you provided, My question is that do I need to plug in 12v power supply and plug in extension cord to the 110v outlet?
you should do a video of your battery backup
Already on here
Thank u sir, very helpful 👍
How do you attach it to the tank?
I followed your diagram and it seems the float switch shorts the 12v adapter
I did this a while back as well
Can I avoid a relay if my pump is DC?
Thanks for the nice video. I'm in India. Will a 12 volt relay work for us or do I need a relay of different volt ?
How do you add two to three float switches for redundancy
I purchased everything that you used to a T, when the float switch is wired into the relay with the 12v power supply, it immediately cuts power to the relay regardless of the switches position.
I decided to take a chance a hook the float switch directly into an extension cord and use a lamp, the lamp was constantly ON regardless of the float switch position.
Am I safe to assume that I have a broken float switch?
All you need to do is buy a DC pump and you do not need the relay. Much much simpler to just use a DC pump. Mine been perfect for 2 years
Very aware of that so much so that I already shot the video of making a dc version ;) problem is not many people have DC pumps laying around, can be harder to find and a good price and that have a good head pressure for people that need to lift water 6-8 feet
@@eatsleepreef9565 true. I'll try to send you a link to the one I bought. It just plugs directly into the plug. No splicing needed. Also I think that's a great idea to sell some pre made for people who don't want to build it. Maybe you could build some with a backup switch if first one fails. And maybe a third float switch for the RO reservoir. I love your videos and trying to replicate your tank. So thanks for all the videos. Sorry for the AC/ DC mix up. I edited comment and fixed it.
EAT SLEEP Reef can you please share the DC version video
Hi, Do you have a linke to a DC version ? Thank you
wood kneed relay if using 12v pump
How did you set up the float valve in the aquarium?
With a suction mount from petco. Just silicone the float valve on it and done
Can you share the circuit diagram please. TIA
Will a 12v battery work?
i got a 220vac relay, can i still make it work?
Is it ok if the dc adapter has less the 12v?
Mine isn’t working
Over my head🤔😒🤯
Don’t do this. If you can’t wake up and add water to your tank you probably just own a tank and don’t really connect with it. There is no redundancy with this the first snail or salt creep gets stuck kiss your floors goodbye. I tried your method: then woke up at 2 am to my floor flooding and my SG dropping. Since then I’ve vowed to never own an ato ever again. Tunze or not. Nothing is safer than you just adding water every morning:
You want reduncancy? Hook this bad boy up to an Amazon Smart plug, sync it to the Kasa App, set it to run no longer than 1 minute. I have my smart plug also scheduled to run every 12ish hours. Since thats about half an inch of water loss for my tank and will fill up where i need it to isnt any longer than 1 minute. If it gets stuck in the on position, itll NEVER overfill my tank. The 1 minute timer will kill the pump before that ever happens and ill never have to chase salinity. I have a Ring Camera sitting overtop of my sump as well and i check on it daily (spend $5k on a setup and you bet your ass ill be looking at it multiple times a day) and i can see if everything is fine or if i need to manually add water or if my bucket is dry.
Please, .... your video is good but, your hand is in the way and very distracting and annoying.
Tell em’ Debbie