- Aug 14, 2011
- 61
Aloha Automation Wizards!
I've been pretty much "out" of the pool service business for years now...but someone ran into me at HD (big orange) and tapped my brain for some info. It led to him pleading with me to solve his pool problem at a large and expensive home that he recently acquired. What could I do...I showed up to see what his problems were, and I am almost done. But I thought I had better run one question by my experienced friends at TFP first, since it does not fall into the "normal setup" of Pentair Easy Touch 8. Here we go...
The pool is completely lined with vibrant GOLD tile (non pool tile!)...yes, it literally looks like gold ingots lining the whole 60' x 14' pool! Ever seen a yellow gold pool? Not a good color choice...in the deep end, the yellow counteracts the blue of the normal cyan hue, so you just end up with a deep end where the water looks GREEN! Yup, even with gorgeous clean sparkling water! SO...the owner is against using a SWCG (he's afraid it will damage his tile), and prefers to use the TFP standard of liquid chlorine (although at low concentrations) along with a Cu-Al-Zn ion generator (Clearwater) and a large UV light system. I haven't been able to find ANYTHING from the manufacturer online (specs, installation etc.), but it basically runs like a SWCG...except he wants to use it with a flow switch from a SWCG as an extra protection measure. Can I wire the 2 wires from the flow sensor to the top of an AUX relay (powered on line terminals with 120V) and then wire the power leads of the controller to that relay's load terminals? My idea is that when the flow sensor closes the circuit, the relay sends power to the ion generator controller, and it then runs normally until flow stops. Am I right?
I've been pretty much "out" of the pool service business for years now...but someone ran into me at HD (big orange) and tapped my brain for some info. It led to him pleading with me to solve his pool problem at a large and expensive home that he recently acquired. What could I do...I showed up to see what his problems were, and I am almost done. But I thought I had better run one question by my experienced friends at TFP first, since it does not fall into the "normal setup" of Pentair Easy Touch 8. Here we go...
The pool is completely lined with vibrant GOLD tile (non pool tile!)...yes, it literally looks like gold ingots lining the whole 60' x 14' pool! Ever seen a yellow gold pool? Not a good color choice...in the deep end, the yellow counteracts the blue of the normal cyan hue, so you just end up with a deep end where the water looks GREEN! Yup, even with gorgeous clean sparkling water! SO...the owner is against using a SWCG (he's afraid it will damage his tile), and prefers to use the TFP standard of liquid chlorine (although at low concentrations) along with a Cu-Al-Zn ion generator (Clearwater) and a large UV light system. I haven't been able to find ANYTHING from the manufacturer online (specs, installation etc.), but it basically runs like a SWCG...except he wants to use it with a flow switch from a SWCG as an extra protection measure. Can I wire the 2 wires from the flow sensor to the top of an AUX relay (powered on line terminals with 120V) and then wire the power leads of the controller to that relay's load terminals? My idea is that when the flow sensor closes the circuit, the relay sends power to the ion generator controller, and it then runs normally until flow stops. Am I right?