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Re: Flow Meter Setup
Tuesday, October 24th 2006, 9:14pm
Quoted from "virtualrain"
I have some additional information...
If I set the Aquasuite imp/l to 700 as recommended by Remag, the flow meter is accurate until the flow exceeds about 3 lpm (180lph) then the Aquaero has major problems... beyond that, it will report the flow as about 5lph! Totally wrong!
Is this possibly a problem with the Aquaero or is it my flow meter? Is the Aquaero unable to handle the # of pulses generated by the flow meter at flow above 3lpm?
According to the the specs, the Remag is valid from 2lpm to 35lpm.
I believe the Aquaero can only handle lke 180lph or so, so I think it's more that you are exceeding the max value it can handle and it goes berzerk.
Re: Flow Meter Setup
Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 4:11pm
Why on earth would they design it to only 180lph which is only 3lpm... That's a terrible limitation!
Because it's designed for use with AC gear, which is low flow.
Why don't you just set it up so that the Aquaero displays a scaled flow - 1/3 of actual flow for example?
That way you'll still be able to monitor it, just x3 for the true reading.
Re: Flow Meter Setup
Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 9:46pm
There is no limit of 180.
Just play around with the settings and you will see much higher values.
What do you mean by "play around"?
Sure, I can change the imp/l but then its not accurate.
How do I get accurate flow readings at 700imp/l above 3lpm?
Re: Flow Meter Setup
Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 9:55pm
Because it's designed for use with AC gear, which is low flow.
Why don't you just set it up so that the Aquaero displays a scaled flow - 1/3 of actual flow for example?
That way you'll still be able to monitor it, just x3 for the true reading.
I don't think that will work... the problem is likely that the Aquaero can't handle more than a certain # of pulses per second and scaling it back means increasing the imp/l which means the problem will just recur at the same point of actual flow anyway. (For example, I could change the setting from 700imp/l to 1400imp/l but the problem would likely then occur at 1.5lpm instead of 3lpm which is really at the same point).