Hello All,
New here, just bought a house with a pool. I joined here because I'm looking for some advice from those more knowledgeable then me, because water and electricity do not mix. I'll give a brief background, post some pictures, and describe what I would like to accomplish.
My wife and I moved into a new house two months ago, and noticed the irrigation is woefully inadequate (three circuits, and two are just for the grass in the backyard). As my wife and I are expecting, I wanted to find a quick solution, or at least one that didn’t require me to dig up the whole yard, so doing research, I realized I could just tie into the water and power for the pump and pool auto-fill. Currently the electrical for the pump, timer, GFCI outlet, and pool light are all kind of on a metal brace that is strapped to one of the pump pipes. I don’t think it looks the safest or most sturdy, so I want to mount it to the house wall, so I can also tap into it for the irrigation controller ( https://www.amazon.com/Rachio-Smart...8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1 ).
What I want to do, is rather than move the conduits in ground, is attach a junction box to the two (and maintain the thermocraft J-box from that to the light wiring), and run some rigid conduit to the wall, up the wall, and to another box, where the GFCi will be, and off that, a Wifi enabled switch for the light in a box to the immediate left of the GFCI, connected by conduit. The pump timer will be to the left of that as well. The irrigation controller will be to the right of the GFCI, connected by conduit. I’ve attached a rough sketch below as well, and if there are any questions, please let me know, I can clarify.
If you guys have any comments, input, or if you think I’m just plan crazy, please let me know! Thanks in advance for the help and input!
New here, just bought a house with a pool. I joined here because I'm looking for some advice from those more knowledgeable then me, because water and electricity do not mix. I'll give a brief background, post some pictures, and describe what I would like to accomplish.
My wife and I moved into a new house two months ago, and noticed the irrigation is woefully inadequate (three circuits, and two are just for the grass in the backyard). As my wife and I are expecting, I wanted to find a quick solution, or at least one that didn’t require me to dig up the whole yard, so doing research, I realized I could just tie into the water and power for the pump and pool auto-fill. Currently the electrical for the pump, timer, GFCI outlet, and pool light are all kind of on a metal brace that is strapped to one of the pump pipes. I don’t think it looks the safest or most sturdy, so I want to mount it to the house wall, so I can also tap into it for the irrigation controller ( https://www.amazon.com/Rachio-Smart...8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1 ).
What I want to do, is rather than move the conduits in ground, is attach a junction box to the two (and maintain the thermocraft J-box from that to the light wiring), and run some rigid conduit to the wall, up the wall, and to another box, where the GFCi will be, and off that, a Wifi enabled switch for the light in a box to the immediate left of the GFCI, connected by conduit. The pump timer will be to the left of that as well. The irrigation controller will be to the right of the GFCI, connected by conduit. I’ve attached a rough sketch below as well, and if there are any questions, please let me know, I can clarify.
If you guys have any comments, input, or if you think I’m just plan crazy, please let me know! Thanks in advance for the help and input!
