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taoofbean · 11-27-2002, 06:43 PM

Hey all:

I am welcoming myself to your incrdibly educational forums with a question that I did not find the answer to in the search tool. Although lurking with the search tool as my friend for weeks has answered a litany of questions thanks to you all.

How are you all wiring your pump setups? In a perfect world, I would like my pump to come on and then the system power up only after flow has been activated. Given that I am not an Electrical Engineer and do not even own a solder iron, this is not likely very possible. I would like to have the pump start automatically when I power the system.

I understand this means tapping into the power supply line to the motherboard but I would like to do it in the most asthetically simple method possible to power my Eheim 1048 (10 watt drain).

I remember stumbling on a pcmod somewhere in the past that somehow incorporated a flowmeter switch into the tubing so that the system would power on only if the switch was activated by fluid motion.

mr bean

11-27-2002, 06:43 PM	#1
taoofbean Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USA Posts: 9	pump wiring for morons? Hey all: I am welcoming myself to your incrdibly educational forums with a question that I did not find the answer to in the search tool. Although lurking with the search tool as my friend for weeks has answered a litany of questions thanks to you all. How are you all wiring your pump setups? In a perfect world, I would like my pump to come on and then the system power up only after flow has been activated. Given that I am not an Electrical Engineer and do not even own a solder iron, this is not likely very possible. I would like to have the pump start automatically when I power the system. I understand this means tapping into the power supply line to the motherboard but I would like to do it in the most asthetically simple method possible to power my Eheim 1048 (10 watt drain). I remember stumbling on a pcmod somewhere in the past that somehow incorporated a flowmeter switch into the tubing so that the system would power on only if the switch was activated by fluid motion. mr bean