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Ya this is it By Richard on 9/4/11
Richard would recommend this product to a friend
Because I’m knew to the hobby I did not know if I needed a controller, but because I live in Nevada and electrify being not so cheap I had to put in a chiller on my system or keep the house cooler I think we know the answer. So I called the guys at BRS and they hooked me up with the RKL basic and now it runs my whole system this unit is awesome thanks again to the guys at BRS
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Nice controller By Shannon on 8/4/11
Shannon would recommend this product to a friend
At a great price, offers the basics which can be built upon later. Great place to start when only a few items need to be controlled.
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Love it By Miles on 7/2/11
Miles would recommend this product to a friend
wery simple and easy to use. very flexable
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go big or go home By fnc racing on 5/21/11
fnc racing would recommend this product to a friend
I bought the L1 version and would reccomend anyone looking at these systems to get the L3 version everything this will do you will want the L3 and the cost to upgrade from the L1 to the L3 you should just go ahead and get the L3 to begin with
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Great! By ahsan on 5/15/11
ahsan would recommend this product to a friend
At first I was a bit confused by the device. Honestly the user manual is non existent considering what this device can do! But it is great! Maintains my tank temp within +- .5 degrees F cycles my pumps for wave making, timer for my fuge light, standby mode for feeding. It has so many more capabilities, but for now this works excellent! Great value for 100 bucks
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makes life easer By justin on 3/5/11
justin would recommend this product to a friend
To control so many things with one thing is very nice. It has helped keep my temps rock solid, and getting real time data is very imortant. A little hard to get programed in the begining, but once you understand it, it is very easy.
You are able to control may things for your buck. Great deal.
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NO BRAINER!! By ReefRacer on 3/5/11
ReefRacer would recommend this product to a friend
I was looking at spending $100-$150 in decent timers form my light. With the 4 outlet PC-4 on the basic system, I was able to do the same exact thing and GET A WHOLE CONTROLLER for the same money. Since then I have added another PC-4 and the net controller. Ive got 2 of koralia evolutions on wavemaker mode and works like a champ.
The net controller allows you to connect the controller to your home network. With a spare wireless adapter in bridge mode, I was able to give the NET module wireless access. The built in Reef Keeper software for the NET is web based. Now view my tank stats from my iPhone and can even turn on or off any item plugged into the PC-4s!
BRILLIANT!!!
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NO BRAINER By Reef Racer on 2/7/11
Reef Racer would recommend this product to a friend
I needed a good timer for my 2 t5 ballasts and a decent digital timer was around 35-45 each. Few a few more dollars I got the RKL and can control my lights and have one of my Koralia Evos on wave maker mode. And still had a plug for my heater.
Heaters are often over looked as area for fault possibilities. If a heater with a built in control dies while on (which is common), you're tank could cook. Whit the RKL, I plugged in a plain titanium heater to the 4th plug and let it control the heater on and off. If the heater breaks while on, the RKL will disconnect power when the cutoff temp is reached.
This is a no BRAINER purchase in my book.
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Great and Easy to Program By Erik on 1/18/11
Erik would recommend this product to a friend
Being an Energy Engineer, I love to tinker with electronics. At the same time, however, I have no patience for ones that are difficult or tedious to program. The RKL system is extremely straight forward. I have it running my heater, T5HO's, and two Hydor Koralia Evo powerheads.
Just note that small motor loads such as the powerheads must be plugged into channels 1 and 4 on the PC4 module. The solid state relays on channels 2 and 3 will stick (latch) in the ON position if small loads are connect. No biggie. I just connected my 300W heater and my 2x54W T5HO's to Ch2 and 3.
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Good Product, Great Price By KWoo on 1/8/11
KWoo would recommend this product to a friend
I bought this product and the SL2 module. Everything works great, although I find with a SL2 module, the plugs, and the net module....you might want to also consider upgrading to the elite. The Lite only allows 4 modules.
Other than that I use it to do heating, dosing, PH monitor, lights, and more. This makes the 4 plugs go really fast.
I only gave this 4 stars for performance because I found that once when I was playing with the settings, the whole system reset reset. This has only happened once, and probably fixed in a firmware update (haven't updated firmware yet). Other than that this is a great deal.
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Awesome By cjermont@yahoo.com on 12/8/10
cjermont@yahoo.com would recommend this product to a friend
I love this Device! I use it to control everything. The heater option allows me to keep my temps with in .1 Degree and that's way better than trying to set it. Also I use an old heater that use to burn up and set the default to off and the RKL make this device work flawless. I also love that it can tell me amps as well as graph anything I want.
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RKL By IMTHEMANWA3 on 12/4/10
IMTHEMANWA3 would recommend this product to a friend
Simply The Best Product For An Aquarium I Was Gonna Buy The JBJ True Temp But This Thing Cost The Same And Controls My Heater My Last Setup Cooked Because Of My Heater This Thing Is Perfect Comes With A Temp Monitor Timer Alarm Everything You Need And You Can Add Stuff Later Check Out Digitial Aquatics And The Will Tell You All The Stuff This Thing Can Do For You Im Getting 1 More Worth Every Penny You Get 10x More Than What You Pay For Don't Look At The Price As It Being Expensive Once You Get It In Your Hands You Will See How Simple It Is To Use W/O Really Reading The Instructions But The Do Help And Check Out There Forum Don't Think Twice About It Buy It B4 Its Gone Trust Me Buy 2 Or 3 Great Gift To Anyone In This Hobby Trust Me The Only Thing I Didn't Like Is That I Couldn't Change The Background Color But That's Not A Problem At All Just Wish It Was My Fav. Color... LOL