So I guess I should prefix this by saying either I'm an idiot, or the person who built my pool is.. I've been chipping away at the various issues since I bought the house, replacing pumps, putting in a bigger filter so it's not running at 60lbs of pressure, etc., but I'm totally stuck on my pool lighting. Best I've gathered so far is I've got a Pentair IntelliBrite (or something that looks very similar and behaves the same), it's sitting on a relay, on AUX3. There also appear to be LED strips in my water features that I've never gotten to turn on. The easytouch app had AUX4 and Feature 3 showing up under the lights feature, but neither did anything.
So I went on a hunt today, and re-programmed things. Flipped aux4 and feature 3 to generic, and flipped aux3 to intellibrite. Then re-configured under the lights menu to just use aux3. Now I've got the pentair light working, and even flipping colors -- mostly. Blue doesn't actually light up blue, but the rest (green, red, the animations) seem to work, though they click the relay to do the switch.
I also traced the LED strips as best I can, they're some sort of sealed units, the wires seem to terminate in regular old wall warts in a junction box behind the pool. No brand name or anything on them. I discovered a couple of those eBay-style LED remotes in the garage that were left by the old owner, that seem to turn lights on/off and change colors, so I took a shot, but they dont do anything, nor do I see how they could, they're IR line-of-sight, and theres no receiver I've found outside. So maybe that's a red herring..
So I have two questions for the experts
1. Is the relay going nuts whenever i switch colors/programs ok? Will it die on me? Is that how it should be wired?
2. Any suggestions how I diagnose these blasted LED strips? My plan is to chase which relay/AUX turns on the outlets the wall warts are plugged into first, that's easy. That said, I've already confirmed they do get power, though I have no idea on which switch. But even with power, the strips don't light up. They're inside my waterfalls, that are under the coping, and I see no way to reach them, trace the cable, see if theres a controller or anything there, etc. Short of having someone tear up the entire pool, is there anything I can do?
So I went on a hunt today, and re-programmed things. Flipped aux4 and feature 3 to generic, and flipped aux3 to intellibrite. Then re-configured under the lights menu to just use aux3. Now I've got the pentair light working, and even flipping colors -- mostly. Blue doesn't actually light up blue, but the rest (green, red, the animations) seem to work, though they click the relay to do the switch.
I also traced the LED strips as best I can, they're some sort of sealed units, the wires seem to terminate in regular old wall warts in a junction box behind the pool. No brand name or anything on them. I discovered a couple of those eBay-style LED remotes in the garage that were left by the old owner, that seem to turn lights on/off and change colors, so I took a shot, but they dont do anything, nor do I see how they could, they're IR line-of-sight, and theres no receiver I've found outside. So maybe that's a red herring..
So I have two questions for the experts
1. Is the relay going nuts whenever i switch colors/programs ok? Will it die on me? Is that how it should be wired?
2. Any suggestions how I diagnose these blasted LED strips? My plan is to chase which relay/AUX turns on the outlets the wall warts are plugged into first, that's easy. That said, I've already confirmed they do get power, though I have no idea on which switch. But even with power, the strips don't light up. They're inside my waterfalls, that are under the coping, and I see no way to reach them, trace the cable, see if theres a controller or anything there, etc. Short of having someone tear up the entire pool, is there anything I can do?
