chrisgedwards
New Member
Hi everyone! first time posting here. its been a very long time since i played around with electronics and im second guessing my abilities... i have a pond with a pump that moves the water about 50 feet up to the head of a creek. the water goes down the creek with multiple waterfalls and then finally back into the pond. the fish love it! but i loose water due to many factors so i have to put variable amounts of water back into the pond every now and then.
so i got a 10W max floater switch and a rain bird 24vAC electric sprinkler valve. i plan to buy a 120vac to 24vac 1A (or similar amperage) transformer. i very quickly threw this schematic together in paint (not using my computer) to show how i plan to do this. ill use a 1K ohm 1w resistor in line with the switch which will be attached to a relay. the relay will be in line with the transformer and the valve. the valve takes 24vac and 0.3 amps to activate.
i forgot to put in a fuse before (?) the transformer. it would be a 50w fuse (?). does that sound reasonable (2x expected wattage of circuit). i think this will work and it should be real cheap to throw together. please any advice would be great i didnt copy this monstrosity from anywhere its just off the top of my head so i probably put together something liable to explode...
thanks for the help! when this is installed ill put up a picture of the pond with its koi catfish and goldfish![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
so i got a 10W max floater switch and a rain bird 24vAC electric sprinkler valve. i plan to buy a 120vac to 24vac 1A (or similar amperage) transformer. i very quickly threw this schematic together in paint (not using my computer) to show how i plan to do this. ill use a 1K ohm 1w resistor in line with the switch which will be attached to a relay. the relay will be in line with the transformer and the valve. the valve takes 24vac and 0.3 amps to activate.
i forgot to put in a fuse before (?) the transformer. it would be a 50w fuse (?). does that sound reasonable (2x expected wattage of circuit). i think this will work and it should be real cheap to throw together. please any advice would be great i didnt copy this monstrosity from anywhere its just off the top of my head so i probably put together something liable to explode...
thanks for the help! when this is installed ill put up a picture of the pond with its koi catfish and goldfish