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gimincorp

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First of,
Here is my tank thread: http://myfirstmarine.blogspot.com/

This is the tank I got: 12 Gallon Bio Cube DX
The light wiring is horrible on this tank and I want to re-wire it.
Currently there is one power cord going to ballast box. From the ballast box there are two power cables leading to the hood. If either one of them is disconnected L LEDs lose power.

Ballast box has a switch to control TWO lightbulbs at the same time.
The L. LED is controlled by the switch on top of the tank.

Here is what I want to do (ideally) NEED YOUR HELP:
1. Rewire the ballast box in a way that it will have three separate power cords coming out, each controlled by a separate timer.

At least I need to rewire the ballast in a way that I'll be able to timer-control the day lights w/o turning the night light off.
 

gimincorp

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I understand. Did you check out the instructions? Maybe you can get an idea of how they do it and emulate it.
No I don't have the instructions...
I rewired the biocube's ballast yesterday.
Now the lights are controlled by a timer, but the problem is that the 9V adaptor feeds not only the night-light, but also two cooling fans that turn ON & Off with the lights, so I have to figure out how to put that fan on the same timer...
 

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