wiring

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    Wifi Timer wiring help

    HI all, I have an old mechanical style timer switch controlling my pump and salt system. I bought a wifi one off amazon in the off season while it was on sale and I'm having an issue wiring it up. I'm a retired electrical engineer so I thought this would be easy but from what I can tell from...
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    How to Wire Intellichem Transformer to Load Center

    I'm installing a Pentair Intellichem system. I have an Intermatic RC2163BFE load center. Here is the wiring diagram from the Intellichem manual. I am looking for some assistance as a complete newbie. I'm assuming I will need to wire this as 240VAC as it recommends connecting Intellichem to the...
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    Old single speed Hayward died. Need to know how to wire up new VS pump to SWG.

    Hey TFP friends My extremely old 3/4hp single speed Hayward pump has finally died and so I need to replace the pump. Easy solution is to just swap in a new single speed pump and im up and running again. I am, however, interested in the idea of a new VS pump but am not sure exactly how to...
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    Jandy JXI 400N Ignition Fault

    I have been struggling to troubleshoot the cause of my ignition fault. When the heater first failed the blower would still run. I replaced the Air Pressure switch and Hot Surface Ignitor. I did see glow on the hot surface ignitor,but my burners would not stay on for longer than 7 seconds. I...
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    Jandy JXI400N Gas Heater Wiring Requirements

    Hello - We purchased a Jandy JXI400N gas heater and are getting conflicting information from different electricians on what is needed to wire the electric. The initial guy were were working with planned to tie into the timer box that we have. After connecting the plumbing for it, he had some...
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    Zodiac eXO iQ LS clock loss after powercut

    I have a Zodiac eXO iQ LS connected to iAqualink,, no problems there. The problem I am having is that we get the occasional power cut and every time this happens the unit's clock needs to be reset. I manage the pool but travel a lot for work so this is a big issue as soon as the hour is lost the...
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    Relay Wiring question for IntelliConnect relays

    Hello, my original thread from the spring discussed some options for wiring my pump and SWG to a single relay so the SWG would only run while there is flow. Easy enough.... However, i've realized that i probably want to run on two schedules (the IntelliConnect only allows for a single schedule...
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    Choosing the right pool timer?

    Hi All, I had my old pool timer die on me last year and was going to wire in the new one this year so I don't need to manually control the pump anymore. The old timer was a digital Paragon Electric EC4004PC/208-240. I took a look at my pump and breaker and the pump is set at 115v and the...
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    Finding the hot wire on a 12v pool light

    Hi there! I'm in the process of replacing my Hayward Color Logic light with another light and I'm trying to determine which wire is hot, and which is neutral. From the Hayward logic board/circuit board, the pool light wire goes into an Intermatic transformer (model PX100), converting 120v to...
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    Waterway Oasis Controller will not communicate with new VS Defender 270 Pump

    Hi All - New to the pool community world and super stuck to why our newly installed defender 270 pump will not communicate with our Oasis controller. Does anyone have any experience with these two products and have any type of wiring diagram or spec? All the help much appreciated!!
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    Prologic + MasterTemp 400 Please help!

    Hello, I have my Pentair MasterTemp 400 connected to my Hayward Prologic board via the 2 wire method (18AWG per spec) Fireman Switch to the Heater1 relay on the Prologic I have enabled heater1 in the configuration menu on the ProLogic. I press heater1 and no light illuminates and it says Gas...
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    SWG and VS pump

    Hi, I have a SWG (Autopilot DIG 220), single speed water pump and Jandy Ti5000 Air source heat pump. The timer in the SWG turns on/off the pump as per wiring in manual. The heater turns on/off the water pump when heat is needed. All three can be on together, two (SWG and water pump), two (water...
  13. Mexicant11

    Wiring SWG to auxiliary on Jandy VS pump

    I am considering wiring my CircuPool RJ 60 to my Jandy VS pump to come on when the pump comes on. Per the Jandy manual, it looks like I could use one of the two auxiliary relays. Does this wiring schematic seem doable? The most difficult thing would be adding the GFCI breaker to my pool pad...
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    Hayward T-CELL-15 (40k) wiring

    Hey pool friends - Hayward Aqua Plus automation system with a T-CELL-15 that finally rusted on me and is leaking; I'm looking at wiring diagrams, troubleshooting guides and pictures online; all my research for the T-CELL-15 tells me the yellow and orange wires (going to the temp sensor) are not...
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    Wiring for Homeline 50 Amp 2-Space 4-Circuit Spa Panel Main Lug Load Center

    Can anyone send me a photo of how you have your wiring for a sub-panel to a spa? My electrician used a breaker from old time spa hookup and it doesnt work. Now I have a breaker/box that will work but I need a photo to show me what lead goes where.
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    wiring options for SWG

    Hello everyone, I am going to be purchasing a new SWG this season and am trying to plan how I am going to wire this thing up. I currently have a single speed pool pump(120v) running off a timer. I understand that the preferred way to wire the SWG is to have a 2nd wiring run off the timer to...
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    Pentair Pump losing communication

    Hello, I just got a new swimming pool recently and my pump keeps losing its communication to the controller. This is a brand new system barley over 30 days and i have to keep tripping the breaker off and back on again for the pump to start working.. I have read other threads about this and it...
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    wiring 2 speed pump to timeclock

    Hello - I am doing advance research to assist my electrician in wiring the following devices: 1. Intermatic RC2343PT timer (note: blower & freeze protection functions will NOT be used or connected) 2. Homeline 2-pole 20A 120/240 GFI 60Hz circuit breaker (two hot legs + neutral) 3. Pentair 1.5...
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    Add SWCG wiring to Intermatic timer enclosure

    I'm planning out the wiring for my SWCG install. I intend to wire the SWCG control to the LOAD side of my Intermatic timer, so that the SWCG and single-speed pump are always on at the same time. I'm trying to figure out the best way to get the new wires into the enclosure. There are already 2...
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    Upgrading to Suraielec Wifi Box Timer Switch

    Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help me. I currently have an old Intermatic Pool Pump timer and purchased a Suraielec Smart Wifi Timer Switch. After spending and a bit amount of time looking over the instructions and wiring diagram I'm a little stumped. Right now, we have a...
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    Underground Pool Wiring Splice

    I was getting gas line installed today and the contractor cut the wiring to my pool. The cut happened close to my house, far away from the breaker by the pump (see photo). An electrician spliced the wire together and did his best to get it back into the conduit. The question is, is it OK to...
  22. egiblock

    Little tickle (electric) and heater /pump groundign

    The other day I reached in the water and felt a little tickle, wasn’t much so I investigated more and found that the gas line into the pool heater had the same thing. Obviously it’s a grounding problem somewhere, and I haven’t had it plugged in since l noticed it. I know it’s somewhere in the...
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    Hayward H400 Heater Control Issues

    Our pool was installed around 2007 and still has the original Hayward H400 heater. We had the original Jandy board recently replaced with the Zodiac iAqualink. The iAqualink system is great, and the heater does a good job at heating water, but the issue is the communication and/or relay between...
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    New Pentair Superflo VS and interface with Jandy RS

    I am looking to upgrade my 115v 1.5 HP single-speed Pentair Whisperflow to the Pentair Superflo VS (Salt Pool/Spa-combo). I have been avoiding it because of the awkward control interface with my Jandy Aqualink RS6 All Button (rev T.2) control and its lack of additional relay space. But, recently...
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    Intermatic P1353ME - no power on circuit 3

    Hi friends, I bought a Circupool Core35 SWG. It's getting no power on circuit 3. I've attached a photo and a drawn wiring diagram. I used a multimeter on each circuit. #1 and #2 read 240V when the circuit is turned off. When circuits 1 or 2 are on, the voltage reads zero, which hopefully is an...
  26. skola28

    Cheap, Simple web-enabled pool automation with Google Assistant Integration

    Album Link with Diagram and short demo video: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPePNtaRleoPiGWqiSO6MFvwp_aetOlRAMRII-YXtbrvU1AdmA879ONrODEBQw-2A?key=c2YxRDhjTkx4RUpvbEFpUzRtQ1lDSThsZHhTREV3 Using a SONOFF 4CHPROR3, I have integrated the control of my Filter Pump, Booster Pump, and two Jandy...
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    Intellicenter Wiring Question

    Hello all! I just got my Intellicenter up and running (thanks the discussions in this forum), so far I'm loving it! I had an electrician run power to it, but now I'm wiring all the smaller circuits. I have pool lights, a convenience outlet, a blower, and soon a heat pump. My question has to...
  28. thephatp

    EasyTouch 8 (ET8, or even ET4) Wiring Help

    I need help understanding how the EasyTouch8 is configured/meant to work. I figured this made sense to be in a new thread, so notifying @GDN or @bdavis466, since this is in relation to a post/diagram from them. Goal: To provide load to an available AUX relay ONLY when the mail pump is on...
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    Intellicenter circuit breaker question

    Hello all, I'm in the middle of replacing all my equipment... Based on all the input here at TFP, I invested in an intellicenter. My question is about the sub panel, I'm not sure what size breaker to feed the intellicenter with. I plan on having an intelliflo pump, aquacal sq225, bubbler, pool...
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    Pentair intellibrite color led troubleshooting

    I have a few pentair 601001 lights. It’s controlled via IntelliTouch It’s a 120 light. I’ve verified 120 with relay cycle at junction. even thoughnot a lot of water in there still slightly some. Made in 2017 and only used a few times until attempting recently it seems too soon to be replacing...