...RKE vs APEX Controlling Meanwell ELN-60-48D...

Xgame2k · 05/23/2010, 05:47 PM

I have an LED setup being built at the moment and will have 3 meanwells (2 blues and 1 whites) and was wondering if someone could help me out on which controller to buy.

I know that the RKE has the ALC, but I also hear that people love the apex and are controlling their LEDs with it also. I am also wondering if the people controlling with the apex are having problems doing this.

With the APEX, I would need to know how to make it work with the meanwells (preferably pictures because I don't understand foreign languages).

shaggy14 · 05/23/2010, 07:08 PM

i bought a rke a few months ago and hated it. for me(having 7 light plugs) it was just a 500 dollar timer for the lights. i have since sold it and went back to my cheap timers. if i had to do it all over again i would get the apex, it has a lot more functions that many of us would find useful. you can name each outlet(not generic preset names like the rke), and you CAN control and change things over the internet(which you cannot with the rke, even with the net mod). IMO go for the apex, same price, more usability.

05/23/2010, 05:47 PM	#1
Xgame2k Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 786	...RKE vs APEX Controlling Meanwell ELN-60-48D... I have an LED setup being built at the moment and will have 3 meanwells (2 blues and 1 whites) and was wondering if someone could help me out on which controller to buy. I know that the RKE has the ALC, but I also hear that people love the apex and are controlling their LEDs with it also. I am also wondering if the people controlling with the apex are having problems doing this. With the APEX, I would need to know how to make it work with the meanwells (preferably pictures because I don't understand foreign languages).

05/23/2010, 07:08 PM	#2
shaggy14 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: denison texas Posts: 620	i bought a rke a few months ago and hated it. for me(having 7 light plugs) it was just a 500 dollar timer for the lights. i have since sold it and went back to my cheap timers. if i had to do it all over again i would get the apex, it has a lot more functions that many of us would find useful. you can name each outlet(not generic preset names like the rke), and you CAN control and change things over the internet(which you cannot with the rke, even with the net mod). IMO go for the apex, same price, more usability. __________________ 215g display, 80g melev sump, 60g melev frag tank, 2x mp40w's, mag 12 return pump, 3 modded 6025, 1 6065, koralia magnum 8, 2x250 phoenix hqi's, 1x250 phoenix SE, 2x160w actinics, MRC dual chamber calcium reactor with Ph controller, MR1 phosban reactor, Red sea ozonizer 200mg/hr with ORP controller, royal exclusive alpha cone 250 skimmer, reefkeeper elite on its way 80+ species of SPS and counting Current Tank Info: 215g display, 60g frag tank, 80g sump

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