Recent content by crackers8199

how has your experience been with njspc? that's the path i'm going to be going down, but i've been buying the parts a little at a time due to budgeting constraints. also, it took me months to find the pi4 in stock...but at least i have that now, so i would imagine i can run the system with that...

here's my post on the actual swap of the intermatic timer for the R2. it's pretty straightforward, but i had some questions and things to watch out for in there that might help you if you come across them: Sunday project: wiring help needed for replacing intermatic timer

yes, i'm aware of the explosion risk if the cell runs without the pump...but the clocks are synchronized, so running while the pump isn't on isn't a concern even though it's technically possible. the way it's wired now is the way it was wired from the builder. the pump has constant power and...

coming back to this - a month and a half later, and as the water has stayed warmer (in the 80s for the most part, sometimes high 80s) the cell is still working (knock on wood). one thing i've noticed though: if i turn the cell on manually without the pump being on, the flow light immediately...

quick bump, as my pi will be here today...trying to figure out exactly what else i need to order initially other than the pi itself and the automation hat for RS485 control and temperature monitoring. can i get away with just those two pieces for now if i plan to add the valves / lights / salt...

final update on this: went in this afternoon and cleaned up the wiring a bit. ran the wires behind the wires to the breaker on the bottom of the panel so that they're better tucked in initially, and marked the white wire with black electrical tape on both ends (i didn't have any red) to make...

over the past few days/weeks, i've been reading all about nodejs pool controller...the problem was that it has still been very difficult to find a pi4 in stock. this morning, i finally scored one from adafruit...so shortly i will begin my journey in earnest! i'm ordering the building automations...

also, another thing to consider: if you get another access point to get wifi out to the switch, you're also getting an extra benefit out of that (as in a stronger wifi signal you can better use while outside). since the sonoff switch is 1/10th the cost of a new intermatic timer, you could...

with tasmota or the OEM firmware? either way, you could probably pretty easily solve this by either adding an AP outside or close to it (like i did) or by putting the switch in a plastic box that doesn't cut the signal when closed. if you don't want to do either of those options, then the...

that's the advantage to flashing it with tasmota, it takes the cloud out of the equation. it literally just gives you a local webpage that looks like this, and you can configure the timers from here...you just have to give it an internet connection to configure the actual time and then at every...

following up on this, since i got a notification that someone liked it: i stopped using the sense shortly after this post. their support (which i raved about here) went downhill fast, i guess as they sold more devices and decided they didn't really need me to report bugs any longer. it never did...

from what i've read, they only require wifi at boot. once it boots and gets the time from the internet (based on the timezone you configure), the timers are run on the switch itself...your only potential issue there would be on a power outage, if it can't reconnect to wifi to reset the internal...