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prune · 03-22-2018, 02:26 AM

What a piece of crap. What good is great service if all they do is keep shipping the same defective product day in and day out. Two weeks in on a replacement and the the first brownout reset to 400watts again. what programming whiz designed this crap, Gavita?

growshopfrank · 03-22-2018, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by prune

What a piece of crap. What good is great service if all they do is keep shipping the same defective product day in and day out. Two weeks in on a replacement and the the first brownout reset to 400watts again. what programming whiz designed this crap, Gavita?

Find a tec to program one of these for reliability
https://www.siemens.com/global/en/ho.../plc/logo.html

hvac guy · 03-23-2018, 12:23 AM

Frank has it right, a PLC can do the exact same thing, the controller uses pulses of DC voltage from 0 to 10VDC to control dimming and power off/on and the heat probe is just an analog sensor. A tech can build and program but it may cost more than an EL1 or EL2.

Lazyman · 03-30-2018, 02:27 AM

I found it easier to just plug the EL1 brain into a small UPS (battery backup) along with the wifi repeater and any other mission-critical timers

hvac guy · 03-31-2018, 11:25 PM

Shouldn't have to use a UPS, if Gavita could get the factory to use a decent battery, then no issues, just like Honeywell purchased AUBE, and fucked up a very reliable digital timer.

repuk · 04-01-2018, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by hvac guy

Frank has it right, a PLC can do the exact same thing, the controller uses pulses of DC voltage from 0 to 10VDC to control dimming and power off/on and the heat probe is just an analog sensor. A tech can build and program but it may cost more than an EL1 or EL2.

Same could be done much cheaper, with a raspberry pi and modules, by using the superb opensource project mycodo

Back to the EL1/EL2 looks like the battery drains on itself... looks like a flaw in the design or assembly.

03-22-2018, 02:26 AM	#11
prune Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 551	What a piece of crap. What good is great service if all they do is keep shipping the same defective product day in and day out. Two weeks in on a replacement and the the first brownout reset to 400watts again. what programming whiz designed this crap, Gavita?
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03-23-2018, 12:23 AM	#13
hvac guy Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 416	Frank has it right, a PLC can do the exact same thing, the controller uses pulses of DC voltage from 0 to 10VDC to control dimming and power off/on and the heat probe is just an analog sensor. A tech can build and program but it may cost more than an EL1 or EL2.
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03-30-2018, 02:27 AM	#14
Lazyman Overkill is under-rated. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,186	I found it easier to just plug the EL1 brain into a small UPS (battery backup) along with the wifi repeater and any other mission-critical timers
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03-31-2018, 11:25 PM	#15
hvac guy Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 416	Shouldn't have to use a UPS, if Gavita could get the factory to use a decent battery, then no issues, just like Honeywell purchased AUBE, and fucked up a very reliable digital timer.
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