You can wire a separate GFCI plug to the aux and then plug in Stenner. I just wired a separate plug ( not GFCI ) to aux and have had no issues.
Stenner Install Chlorine Injection
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This is basically what my pool guy did to install the light - which makes a lot of sense. The pool light obviously has to be GFCI protected - except he used red. But I can see how he is using the GFCI downstream. Getting a similar setup for an additional plug sounds like a perfect plan.
Here is a picture of my setup. Now that I am gone and I can't check, I can't tell if the light used up the load connection I need for the additional outlet. Maybe using a wire connector. But I think I am getting somewhere with your help. Once this is done, I will definitely be indebted to this forum (and you!).
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This is extremely helpful... You aren't an artist though, huh? Kidding! It is perfect. It is very, very helpful. I am going to draw a diagram for my setup and run it by you. Would appreciate your thoughts on it. I am curious a bit why people cut the wires if they can do an outlet in their box and not void the warranty?
But you have been KEY to helping me figure out my Stenner without (hopefully) shocking myself in the process. My wife and I are both tired of me feeding the pool every night!
OK. I think I have my diagram. Basically, I figured out I can't go from the pump because the GFI is plugged into its own breaker and I don't want to do an entire re-wire. I've reattached my current set-up below. SOOO... that leads me to this diagram.
Basically, I am tethering off the pool light relay. Running it to a standard outlet. Putting a pigtail on the white neutral wires (dotted lines here). Do you think this would work? If so - one question... if there is a ground wire in the new outlet, should I pigtail it or put it directly into the the ground bar? I am guessing direct.
The other possibility, of course, is running a second load (red wire) from the outlet to Aux 3 instead of piggy backing off the pool light.
Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks,
Joe
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Basically, I am tethering off the pool light relay. Running it to a standard outlet. Putting a pigtail on the white neutral wires (dotted lines here). Do you think this would work? If so - one question... if there is a ground wire in the new outlet, should I pigtail it or put it directly into the the ground bar? I am guessing direct.
The other possibility, of course, is running a second load (red wire) from the outlet to Aux 3 instead of piggy backing off the pool light.
Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks,
Joe
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Yea not sure about an outlet actually inside the box, I have a GFI outlet that is mounted through the box, at the bottom right side. Then I have one near the Stenner that the pump plugs into, this outlet is wired through the GFI, as I've drawn it. Are you planning to put your pump outlet actually inside the Intellitouch box? I don't see why you couldn't do it that way, just haven't seen it ever done that way. Are your box and pump both outside?
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Jumpering your hot line off the pool light relay is perfectly fine. But you can't splice into the neutral the way you have it drawn. You'll need to splice into neutral coming out of the load side of the GFI or there should be a white neutral post on the LOAD side of the GFI outlet to use. In fact, there should be both a hot and neutral posts on the LOAD end of the GFI outlet that you could use, instead of grabbing your hot off the light relay
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I'd run red wire and white wire from the TOP LOAD terminals of the GFI. RED would go through your Stenner relay and then to the Stenner outlet. White would go directly to Stenner outlet. That's really the cleanest way to do it
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OK.. took your advice. I used the top load terminals and fed directly into the standard terminal with both the red and white. So now both red/white ports on the load side will be used. The pool light is then only relevant in its current setup (since it piggy backs of the GFI).
Let me know what you think about this. The one other thing is that yes, I am going to have an outlet in the box. The pump and control panel (everything!) is outside - which is why I *need* it to be off the GFI plug - because I want to make sure if anything goes wrong or some kind of leak, my system is protected. That said, all the electrical is in there for everything - these things are made to be outside... but if there was a leak in it, my stenner pump would be the least of my worries!
Let me know if you have any other input on this... I may have to run this by an electrician as well and stop hijacking your awesome, insanely good work.
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No problem at all, I don't mind helping. You can always push the test button on the GFI with your pump running, it should kill the pump when you do, that's how you know it's being ground fault monitored properly. If you want to take a picture of the final setup I can probably look it over to make sure it's correct. Glad to help, I've sure taken a lot of help from this forum, so I sure don't mind giving help wherever I can.
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A short clip showing the first time startup and priming of my Stenner pump.
I'm not sure if my video will show up ok, never tried posting a video!
https://youtu.be/l4zHYoKljfU
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I'm not sure if my video will show up ok, never tried posting a video!
https://youtu.be/l4zHYoKljfU
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I'm still jealous. Ha!
spoke with my pops today who is a general contractor. He was like "dude... Add an extra breaker and just go direct to the relay to the outlet. Makes sense. Now just have to figure out how to inject this I to my system.
spoke with my pops today who is a general contractor. He was like "dude... Add an extra breaker and just go direct to the relay to the outlet. Makes sense. Now just have to figure out how to inject this I to my system.
Hey everyone, I just wanted to check in and let y'all know some things. Since installing the Stenner and firing it up, I've had absolutely zero problems with the system!
The pump and tubing is totally leak free and my FC readings are dialed in now and very consistent day to day. I've settled in on 25% output (variable output Stenner) and my FC consistently hovers in the 9.0-10.0 range. My Stenner and Intelliflo both run for 4 hrs in the morning and 4 hrs in the evening, so 8 hrs total run time daily. The FC is a tad high for my CYA level of 55 ppm, but I'd rather run it a little high and play it safe. I may tweak it down to 22% eventually, but for now I'm satisfied.
The pump makes the clicking noise as others have described, but it doesn't bother me, I actually prefer it as its a good way to know the pump is running as it should.
Anyways, if you're on the fence about a Stenner, don't hesitate as you won't be disappointed.
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The pump and tubing is totally leak free and my FC readings are dialed in now and very consistent day to day. I've settled in on 25% output (variable output Stenner) and my FC consistently hovers in the 9.0-10.0 range. My Stenner and Intelliflo both run for 4 hrs in the morning and 4 hrs in the evening, so 8 hrs total run time daily. The FC is a tad high for my CYA level of 55 ppm, but I'd rather run it a little high and play it safe. I may tweak it down to 22% eventually, but for now I'm satisfied.
The pump makes the clicking noise as others have described, but it doesn't bother me, I actually prefer it as its a good way to know the pump is running as it should.
Anyways, if you're on the fence about a Stenner, don't hesitate as you won't be disappointed.
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