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LarryWill729
Full Member
Thursday, November 22nd 2012, 2:21pm
The Multi switch is worthless as a fan controller. All 16 outputs are strictly on/off when operated by Aquasuite 2012. It is usefull only for lights.
Currently, eight (
Power Adjust 2's can be controlled by the Aquaero 5.
Aquacomputer has said elseware that they do not plan a waterblock for the PA2. Other users have talked about modifying a generic motherboard WB to fit. No one has said if it worked.
Your fans are easily inside the power abality of the Aquaero 5 fan channels even if you use a group of 6 in Push/pull configuration, but only if you use the water block fot the Aquaero 5.
Get an Aquaero 5 LT instead of the four P-A2,s. The LT can be used as a "Slave" to the AQ 5 XT/Pro which will give 8 voltage adjustable fan channels, or 7 variable voltage, and 1 PWM.
The Lamptron and other controllers are less expensive, but must be adjusted manually. NOTHING on the market today comes close to the capabilities of the Aquaero 5. NOTHING can do as much as this thing. period.
If you want to use the Aquaero 5 as a fan contoller for four radiators, you can put a group of three fans on each fan header, and if the LT is used as a slave, the fans can be in eight groups of three fans, and two groups of fans can be controlled by a single controller inside Aquasuite 2012. This lets you use two groups of fans in push/pull configuration for a single radiator.
Note: if you use all fan output channels for fans, you need to use a PA2 for the pump. UNLESS you get the Aquacomputer D5 pump which is powered directly from the computer PSU, and controlled by Aquasuite 2012.
The Aquabus on the Aquaero 5 has two connectors, one low speed, used only for the Multiswitch and tubemeter, and one High speed for everything else. The connector has 4 pins, one supplied +5VDC, and the other three are data. Use all four to provide power to the mps controllers on the D5 pump and mps flow and level sensors. The three pin cable is fine for the PA 2 because they get +5vdc from the PSU.
Note also that the Power Adjust is an Accessory to the Aquaero, and the Ultra version can be programmed and operated as a stand alone unit, but is intended to be used with the Aquaero 5, for which the standard version is just fine.
Currently, eight (
Power Adjust 2's can be controlled by the Aquaero 5.Aquacomputer has said elseware that they do not plan a waterblock for the PA2. Other users have talked about modifying a generic motherboard WB to fit. No one has said if it worked.
Your fans are easily inside the power abality of the Aquaero 5 fan channels even if you use a group of 6 in Push/pull configuration, but only if you use the water block fot the Aquaero 5.
Get an Aquaero 5 LT instead of the four P-A2,s. The LT can be used as a "Slave" to the AQ 5 XT/Pro which will give 8 voltage adjustable fan channels, or 7 variable voltage, and 1 PWM.
The Lamptron and other controllers are less expensive, but must be adjusted manually. NOTHING on the market today comes close to the capabilities of the Aquaero 5. NOTHING can do as much as this thing. period.
If you want to use the Aquaero 5 as a fan contoller for four radiators, you can put a group of three fans on each fan header, and if the LT is used as a slave, the fans can be in eight groups of three fans, and two groups of fans can be controlled by a single controller inside Aquasuite 2012. This lets you use two groups of fans in push/pull configuration for a single radiator.
Note: if you use all fan output channels for fans, you need to use a PA2 for the pump. UNLESS you get the Aquacomputer D5 pump which is powered directly from the computer PSU, and controlled by Aquasuite 2012.
The Aquabus on the Aquaero 5 has two connectors, one low speed, used only for the Multiswitch and tubemeter, and one High speed for everything else. The connector has 4 pins, one supplied +5VDC, and the other three are data. Use all four to provide power to the mps controllers on the D5 pump and mps flow and level sensors. The three pin cable is fine for the PA 2 because they get +5vdc from the PSU.
Note also that the Power Adjust is an Accessory to the Aquaero, and the Ultra version can be programmed and operated as a stand alone unit, but is intended to be used with the Aquaero 5, for which the standard version is just fine.
Shoggy
Sven - Admin
Friday, November 23rd 2012, 9:12am
The poweramp is just a simple amplifier. The input is amplified up to 42W but with the downside that there is a voltage drop of 1.5 to 2.0V.
The powerbooster is only compatible to the aquaero 4. It is a heatsink to increase the maximum power output. Especially fan channel 1 gets more power to be used with a Laing DDC pump but this and requires a modification on the controller! You have linked to the variant with the modification in our house so the aquaero 4 must be send back to us. As said: it has nothing to do with the aquaero 5 so just ignore it
The powerbooster is only compatible to the aquaero 4. It is a heatsink to increase the maximum power output. Especially fan channel 1 gets more power to be used with a Laing DDC pump but this and requires a modification on the controller! You have linked to the variant with the modification in our house so the aquaero 4 must be send back to us. As said: it has nothing to do with the aquaero 5 so just ignore it
cc01
Full Member
Sunday, November 25th 2012, 3:01am
The thing is it makes little sense to get 6 poweradjusts 2, just to controll fans, you would have 9x3 pin connectors and 1x4 pin connectors
There is some confusion in this thread. So are you running 28 or 35 fans?
As elsewhere suggested in this thread, get 2 Aquaero devices, run one as a slave unit to the other, use waterblocks for both of them and that will give you 8 output channels to power your fans if you just want fan control. You can use the 4-pin PWM output with a 3-pin connector. You don't have to use it as a PWM output.
If you don't wish to spend money on features that you won't use then a 'fan-only' device such as a Lamptron controller might be a better option for you, but the trade-off is that you will have to put up with manually adjusting your fans. If you get an Aquaero though you may decide in the future to use more of its features. You won't have that option with a fan-only controller and it is wasted money if you then want to upgrade to an Aquaero. From what I can sense in this thread you want a bit more than just fan control. The choice I think is simple.
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