Hi All,
This is the first pool I have owned and I know nothing about automation and am looking for suggestions on what I want to do. I'm an electrical engineer and very handy and I'm sure I could install it myself (might reconsider that if impacts warranty), just looking for suggestions to get me started on what Pentair automation equipment I should look into. I don't need top of the line, just want the simplest solution that gets the job done.
My Pentair equipment that I want to control:
IntelliFlo 2 VST pump
IntelliChlor IC40 salt chlorine generator
MasterTemp 400 natural gas heater
"Pentair Water Pool and Spa" valves
This is what I would like an automation solution to do when I select "Spa" mode:
Rotate Spa Main Drain valve 90 degrees CCW (to shut off pool main drain/skimmer/vac port, and pull water from spa only)
Rotate Spa Jets valve 90 degrees CW (to shut off spa/pool returns, and return water through 6 spa jets only)
Increase the pump speed to what I like for the spa jets
Turn off the IC40 salt chlorine generator (it is plumbed in before all of the spa jets/returns, so don't want to super-chlorinate while in spa)
Turn on the heater to my "SPA ON" temperature setting
I would also like a "Spillover" mode so I could rotate the Spa Jet valve as above but not turn on the heater, maybe not the IC40 either?, so I can circulate the spa water over the spillover once per day for 30-60 minutes or so.
Also, I guess a remote control would be nice so that I don't have to open an automation control box everytime I want to activate anything.
And being able to control my IC40 output in finer than 20% increments would be a bonus.
What Pentair automation solution would you suggest I look at? Thanks!
This is the first pool I have owned and I know nothing about automation and am looking for suggestions on what I want to do. I'm an electrical engineer and very handy and I'm sure I could install it myself (might reconsider that if impacts warranty), just looking for suggestions to get me started on what Pentair automation equipment I should look into. I don't need top of the line, just want the simplest solution that gets the job done.
My Pentair equipment that I want to control:
IntelliFlo 2 VST pump
IntelliChlor IC40 salt chlorine generator
MasterTemp 400 natural gas heater
"Pentair Water Pool and Spa" valves
This is what I would like an automation solution to do when I select "Spa" mode:
Rotate Spa Main Drain valve 90 degrees CCW (to shut off pool main drain/skimmer/vac port, and pull water from spa only)
Rotate Spa Jets valve 90 degrees CW (to shut off spa/pool returns, and return water through 6 spa jets only)
Increase the pump speed to what I like for the spa jets
Turn off the IC40 salt chlorine generator (it is plumbed in before all of the spa jets/returns, so don't want to super-chlorinate while in spa)
Turn on the heater to my "SPA ON" temperature setting
I would also like a "Spillover" mode so I could rotate the Spa Jet valve as above but not turn on the heater, maybe not the IC40 either?, so I can circulate the spa water over the spillover once per day for 30-60 minutes or so.
Also, I guess a remote control would be nice so that I don't have to open an automation control box everytime I want to activate anything.
And being able to control my IC40 output in finer than 20% increments would be a bonus.
What Pentair automation solution would you suggest I look at? Thanks!