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did you put the pumps in series or parrellyzzuf said:just splice the two pumps together, i did with 2 eheim 1250's and havent had a prob yet in 2 months or so, but like always dont trust me cause i wreck lots of electronics
Korndog said:u gotta put it in parrell..
otherwise, u'll end up decreasing the voltage to 60v for both.
doh! i is dumbsqueakygeek said:He may not have meant electrically.
Froz said:Uh, I mean electrically. Lemmie refrase - How do I wire 2 pumps to get power from a criticool powerplant?
Mucho thanks.
Cfn Nexus said:easily, the criticool card has terminals, should be able to just hook up both of the pumps power lines to the terminals, it'd be wired in parallel, no volt drop. just remember to watch the polarity, wire it the way the instructions show, just wire both sets to the terminals instead of just one. should work without a problem.
::EDIT:: if you cant fit more than a single set of wires in, you'll have to cut the insulation back on the first pumps wires, and solder on the other pump's wires.
Cfn Nexus said:lol noviceness, not everyone can be an electricial or electronics tech. it just means it'll draw more power thru the wall and the cable, but before doing this i'd say take a look at what the current draw max is on the card, and what the pumps each draw. if you draw too much thru the card, you'll fry it. if all else fails, you can just drill a small hole in your case bottom, run the wires out, join them and put a switch on them. and yes you wont have a problem hooking them up if its just the two, as long as one goes to hot, and the other goes to neutral or ground, because those too are basically the same thing. best to go with hot and neutral though, thats the way its normally done.