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Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

110 volt to 240v

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17 Jan 2017 23:22 #1 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
I am looking at getting a Auto topup for my marine tank.

Would it work to get one from USA that runs 110v but it has two plugs.

Could I buy one converter to plug into the main and then plug a extension lead into that converter, to give me potentially four 110v sockets?

Or do I have to buy two converters and run them separately?

The same set up could be used on lights that have white and blue as often they need to have 2 plugs, but do we need two adapters, or just one?

Hope you understand

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18 Jan 2017 03:45 - 18 Jan 2017 03:50 #2 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered)
Whats important is the wattage of each item your going to plug in...

You can run a normal 230V extension lead with say 4 sockets on it to your tank and then use 4 of these items in the link below individually to step down the voltage for your devices...

www.ebay.ie/itm/M8A-STEP-DOWN-VOLTAGE-CO...5:g:RngAAOSwQYZWxgAv

Note that these ones are rated at 100 Watts MAX....Plug anything that draws more than 100 watts in and it will just blow...

To be honest at £20 sterling per converter its probably not worth it ...The other thing is the import tax that you will more than likely get charged for electrical/electronic items that come from the USA...Customs will grab it and hit you with extra import charges...This is why nobody really buys electrical goods from the USA...When you add on the shipping cost and import charges it usually works out dearer even though the item itself is actually cheaper..
Last edit: 18 Jan 2017 03:50 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered).

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18 Jan 2017 15:21 #3 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
Replied by Jonlate (Jon Late) on topic 110 volt to 240v
Can I plug just one converter into the wall, connect a 4 way extension to that, and then run the devices, changing the plugs on the devices to a 3 pin to fit the extension as well.

The reason I wonder is that the converters are so big you can't normally plug them in side by side, as they take up so much room.

I was looking at this ad on adverts, and that's why I am asking
www.adverts.ie/11670062
But I don't have the room to plug in 2 converters, and they are not drawing much power.

Does that make sense?

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18 Jan 2017 15:43 #4 by robert (robert carter)
Hi ,most of the electrical equipment used in varius trades is 110 volt for health and safety reasons , hense you will see the big yellow step down transformers on building sites . Personally i use an auto top up that i got off ebay it works on a sensor instead of a float so wont get covered with salt crystals if used in a marine system . Mine has been on my tank about 6 months without any issue . If my memory serves me right it cost about 60 euro .

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