My sump's temperature went down to a dangerous 76F (likely lower in DT) while I was away on vacation. Luckily my Apex sent the alert but I was not able to do anything remotely, except cranked up the Nest thermostat to heat the house to 82F! Thankfully, we flew home the following day and was able to recover with zero loss.
Current sump chambers: (1) overflow & heater (2) skimmer and (3) return pump & temp probes. Apparently, the skimmer overflowed and depleted the ATO reservoir, leaving the return pump with little/no water. Therefore, I suspect that the DT's temp was likely lower than 76F since the heated water wasn't returning to the DT.
So -- lessons learned to avoid a potential catastrophic failure in the future. I bought a second heater but should I put it in the DT tank for redundancy? I'm trying to have no wires inside the DT but I feel that this is the way to go. Alternatively, I can (and will) get another return pump to protect from equipment failure; but would not help in this scenario.
What do you guys recommend? Put both heaters in the sump or put one in the sump and one in the DT?
Current sump chambers: (1) overflow & heater (2) skimmer and (3) return pump & temp probes. Apparently, the skimmer overflowed and depleted the ATO reservoir, leaving the return pump with little/no water. Therefore, I suspect that the DT's temp was likely lower than 76F since the heated water wasn't returning to the DT.
So -- lessons learned to avoid a potential catastrophic failure in the future. I bought a second heater but should I put it in the DT tank for redundancy? I'm trying to have no wires inside the DT but I feel that this is the way to go. Alternatively, I can (and will) get another return pump to protect from equipment failure; but would not help in this scenario.
What do you guys recommend? Put both heaters in the sump or put one in the sump and one in the DT?