- Aug 25, 2011
- 589
- Pool Size
- 15500
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I don't have any actuators installed and I have just two valves - one is for the skimmer/main drain and the other is for the pool jts/deck jets. I'd like to put actuators on these valves, but I'm wondering how difficult that would be to do. From the scant documentation I can find, it seems like all I do is sort of unscrew the regular valve cover and put the actuator in (overly simplified). No idea where I would hook power up in my panel though.
Anyway - the basic question is - is this something I could do myself fairly easily? (I'm pretty handy). Also, would anyone know if I could just wire these two to "valve a" and "valve b" in my ET4? The install guide says "Connect the Valve A actuator cable plug into the INTAKE (suction) 3-pin socket, and Valve B actuator cable plug into the RETURN three-pin socket on the right side of the EasyTouch circuit board" but says it can control 4 valves without any additional equipment, so that part doesn't make sense to me either.
Anyway - the basic question is - is this something I could do myself fairly easily? (I'm pretty handy). Also, would anyone know if I could just wire these two to "valve a" and "valve b" in my ET4? The install guide says "Connect the Valve A actuator cable plug into the INTAKE (suction) 3-pin socket, and Valve B actuator cable plug into the RETURN three-pin socket on the right side of the EasyTouch circuit board" but says it can control 4 valves without any additional equipment, so that part doesn't make sense to me either.