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Old 09-10-2014, 12:09 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Now, we have the duty cycle that the temperature effects. For example, lets say this is set to 50%. This means the temperature has 50% of the 80% max that it controls (so its really 0-40% of the total duty cycle).
Let me rephrase my question. Why wouldn't you want the temperature sensor to be able to go to 100% of the 80% if a very high temperature reading existed.



If you use an electric fan it may use less power to turn the fan on at various times as opposed to speeding up the pump.
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