My relay #1 and #2 are not putting out any voltage when turned on. Am I doing something obviously wrong or is it just a bad board? I have uploaded a video of my multimeter readings.
Bad Board? Intelliconnect
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Turbo1Ton
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I can't see what you are measuring. Could you send a photo of the terminal strip for the relays?
What is it that seems to be the problem? Is something not turning on that used to?
It doesn't appear to me that anything is connected to the relays.
--Jeff
What is it that seems to be the problem? Is something not turning on that used to?
It doesn't appear to me that anything is connected to the relays.
--Jeff
Hi Jeff,
I can grab a pic shortly. I had disconnected the low voltage light transformer hot and neutral from relay 1 after I realized it wasn’t working just so I could test with my multimeter. Going into the system I have line 1 (hot) and line 2 (neutral) powering up the system just fine. All automation is working via rs845 correctly and the app shows the system online. It’s just simply when I turn on relay number 1 or relay number 2 none of the 4 (2 per relay) contacts are reading any power.
I can grab a pic shortly. I had disconnected the low voltage light transformer hot and neutral from relay 1 after I realized it wasn’t working just so I could test with my multimeter. Going into the system I have line 1 (hot) and line 2 (neutral) powering up the system just fine. All automation is working via rs845 correctly and the app shows the system online. It’s just simply when I turn on relay number 1 or relay number 2 none of the 4 (2 per relay) contacts are reading any power.
- Jul 21, 2013
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- Pool Size
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Relays do not put out any power.
They are simply like a wall switch and connect the LINE wire to the LOAD wire.
You test relay operation with continuity, not voltage setting, on the multimeter.
They are simply like a wall switch and connect the LINE wire to the LOAD wire.
You test relay operation with continuity, not voltage setting, on the multimeter.
Turbo1Ton
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The incoming power to the Intellichlor will not send power to the relay contacts. The relay is just a switch that connects the line to the load.
You do not connect both hot and neutral of the transformer to the relay. Your transformer hot input would be the load from the relay. The transformer neutral would need to be connected to the neutral bus in the panel.
--Jeff
Ok, great! I appreciate the help! I do need to leave the neutral feeding the intelliconnect though correct?
- Jul 21, 2013
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I got it figured out! Thanks for the help!
One thought on the way you have this wired. Wire colors could mean anything, which is why they need to be checked and not assumed. So I can't tell exactly what is going on, but in your picture, the load you are switching has a black, red and green wire. Is this a 240V application? If so, you need to switch both hots with the relay, or someone could get zapped when working on this equipment thinking it is off.
