Hello all, so ive got a small amount of disposable income coming my way soon and was really wanting to take the controller plunge with it, ive always liked the apex systems but have stumbled across the hydros on various podcasts and youtube channels thats really convinced me to take a solid look around. But im not finding much info or support for supply of the units or its ability to function on our 240v platforms. Has anyone got some insight on this for me please? Maybe this isnt as big of a hurdle as its seeming. Thanks Clint.
Hydros supply/support in Australia
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JeffB418
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While the WiFi power bars made for hydros will not work for you, I believe the dc power supply used on hydros has a wider voltage range and might be able to function with an adapter. If not you could always DIY your own 24V DC adapter. That being said, I don’t think Coralvue sells these outside the US yet so you would need to procure it some method direct from the US. Not sure how you’d go and do that. I’ve heard of some people buying through BRS internationally.
Awesome thanks for your reply, yes procurement seems to be the biggest issue down here with ebay looking like the easiest way to source one. I had thoughts about running a mini 24vdc solar farm to power everything i can and as a battery backup 24/7 off grid alternative so it never goes down... and then running most pumps and whatever directly from the 24v source instead of the power bricks, and getting relevant 24v-12v and 24vdc-240vac and 24vdc-110vac inverters to power other accessories, so my thoughts were i could power the wifi strip with 110v and then the units plugged into it would be 110v aswell. But this is all getting more complicated than it needs to be really so unfortunately the hydros might not be the controller for me in the end. Its a shame becuase the pricepoint of the hydros and its capabilities are really out in front of the neptune system so id like to think some more on it before i press the button either way. What about other modules like the wave engine? Im assumimg it would be same as the strip right?
JeffB418
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Yeah I would only suggest to adapt the 240VAC to 24VDC for the Hydros power supply and dont touch any of the other interfaces and use them with native Hydros devices as-is. The drive ports dont support alot of power so youre kinda locked into the products coralvue offers for those interfaces unless you can find a 12VDC controlled 240V relay box similar to the US version offered here (IoT Power Relay - COM-14236 - SparkFun Electronics.) Then you could use the 12V drive outputs to control 240V accessories doing that.
JeffB418
HYDROS Expert
So another thing I could suggest, and this is completely coming from me and Coralvue will not officially support this... but Hydros uses Tuya to interface to their WiFi 4 outlet power strips and single outlet plug. You should be able to find a AU version of a 4 output wifi strip and as long as its compatible with Tuya.... it should in theory work. Same goes for UK or EU.... Only thing, and I said before, Coralvue customer support wont support help requests since you are not using one of their vetted and tested wifi strips. But in theory it should work. I would still beat on it and make sure you have no issues before fully trusting it but again it should work.
Then as I said before the DC power supply for both the Wave Engine and Hydros is good for 100V-240V, the only issue is the plug standard. All you need is a physical plug adapter from US to AU/EU/UK (not a voltage converter, because the supply is wide range input), and you should be good to go. Once you do that conversion, everything else should in theory be good to go.
Again, I am not a Coralvue employee and I don't represent Coralvue... so take this information as you wish
Then as I said before the DC power supply for both the Wave Engine and Hydros is good for 100V-240V, the only issue is the plug standard. All you need is a physical plug adapter from US to AU/EU/UK (not a voltage converter, because the supply is wide range input), and you should be good to go. Once you do that conversion, everything else should in theory be good to go.
Again, I am not a Coralvue employee and I don't represent Coralvue... so take this information as you wish
All excellent information for me to consider and yes i have thought of this path of a third party wifi strip but having not played with the hydros at all i was unsure if this would even be possible, hence why im asking here. But thanks greatly for your help with this.So another thing I could suggest, and this is completely coming from me and Coralvue will not officially support this... but Hydros uses Tuya to interface to their WiFi 4 outlet power strips and single outlet plug. You should be able to find a AU version of a 4 output wifi strip and as long as its compatible with Tuya.... it should in theory work. Same goes for UK or EU.... Only thing, and I said before, Coralvue customer support wont support help requests since you are not using one of their vetted and tested wifi strips. But in theory it should work. I would still beat on it and make sure you have no issues before fully trusting it but again it should work.
Then as I said before the DC power supply for both the Wave Engine and Hydros is good for 100V-240V, the only issue is the plug standard. All you need is a physical plug adapter from US to AU/EU/UK (not a voltage converter, because the supply is wide range input), and you should be good to go. Once you do that conversion, everything else should in theory be good to go.
Again, I am not a Coralvue employee and I don't represent Coralvue... so take this information as you wish
I know this is old. But did you ever get this 240v issue sorted?