Fantastic! Thanks for reaching out to them. I'll wait to hear back from you.
FC and CYA - Justifying the increased cost of Liquid Chlorine
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i,
Are you sure???
I'm pretty sure the pump that you have only runs off of 240 Volts AC..
If you have an EasyTouch, show me pics of your pump/filter relay in the upper left of your cabinet.. Show two pics, one of the just the relay and one showing all your circuit breakers.
Thanks,,
Jim R.
Not sure of the voltage actually. Just moved into this house.Are you sure???
I'm pretty sure the pump that you have only runs off of 240 Volts AC..
Hopefully these are the pics you are looking for.
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i,
The input to your EasyTouch looks to be 240 Volts AC..
And I suspect that the very bottom breaker feeds your IntelliFlo pump..
But it does not appear to me that you have any 240 volt breakers.. I am not sure about the bottom two (4) breakers, as I have not seen that style before.. I suspect they feed the IntelliFlo, but they are only 15 amps and normally the IntelliFlo is wired to a 20 amp breaker.
Can you tell if the 2nd conduit from the left goes to the IntelliFlo??
In general, if you have an EasyTouch system, you would need a Pentair IntelliChlor IC40 salt system, so that you could use the EasyTouch to control the SWCG and to display the salt reading from the cell.. You can use any SWCG system you want, but then the EasyTouch would only be able to turn it on or off.
Since your EasyTouch did not come with an internal SWCG power supply, you would have to buy a complete Salt system.. This would include a Power Center and the cell itself.
If you want your salt system to integrate with your EasyTouch, you will need the following..
If you don't care about the integration, then you are free to buy whatever SWCG system that floats your boat...
No matter what SWCG system you buy it will have to be connected to your pump/filter relay.. This relay in your EasyTouch is not being used now.. It will need to be connected to an input AC source (120 or 240 volts) and then the output of the relay connected to the SWCG system, which could be configured to accept either 120 or 240 volts..
Thanks,
Jim R.
The input to your EasyTouch looks to be 240 Volts AC..
And I suspect that the very bottom breaker feeds your IntelliFlo pump..
But it does not appear to me that you have any 240 volt breakers.. I am not sure about the bottom two (4) breakers, as I have not seen that style before.. I suspect they feed the IntelliFlo, but they are only 15 amps and normally the IntelliFlo is wired to a 20 amp breaker.
Can you tell if the 2nd conduit from the left goes to the IntelliFlo??
In general, if you have an EasyTouch system, you would need a Pentair IntelliChlor IC40 salt system, so that you could use the EasyTouch to control the SWCG and to display the salt reading from the cell.. You can use any SWCG system you want, but then the EasyTouch would only be able to turn it on or off.
Since your EasyTouch did not come with an internal SWCG power supply, you would have to buy a complete Salt system.. This would include a Power Center and the cell itself.
If you want your salt system to integrate with your EasyTouch, you will need the following..
If you don't care about the integration, then you are free to buy whatever SWCG system that floats your boat...
No matter what SWCG system you buy it will have to be connected to your pump/filter relay.. This relay in your EasyTouch is not being used now.. It will need to be connected to an input AC source (120 or 240 volts) and then the output of the relay connected to the SWCG system, which could be configured to accept either 120 or 240 volts..
Thanks,
Jim R.
2nd from left goes to the heater.I suspect they feed the IntelliFlo, but they are only 15 amps and normally the IntelliFlo is wired to a 20 amp breaker.
Can you tell if the 2nd conduit from the left goes to the IntelliFlo??
The pump is the rightmost conduit which it appears is 220 and, as you suspected, being fed by 15amp circuits, one on each of the bottom two double breakers.
It looks like the complete Pentair system and a Circupool RJ-45 would cost about the same amount - Around $1,500-$1,600. I like the additional life of the RJ-45 (15,000 hours vs. 10,000) and the 7 year warranty (albeit prorated after 2 years) is very attractive as compared to the 90 day warranty for the DIY install on the IC40.f you want your salt system to integrate with your EasyTouch, you will need the following..
Pentair IntelliChlor IC40 Complete Salt Chlorinator System
If you don't care about the integration, then you are free to buy whatever SWCG system that floats your boat...
Once I get the SWG unit dialed in, how much control do I need to have on a daily/weekly basis? Is having it integrated really that big of a deal?
Can you recommend a resource (video or TFP forum post) to help me through an install, including connection to the pump/filter relay. I am fairly handy but like to have someone double check my electrical work.
Thanks for all the help!
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i,
Having the SWCG integrated into the EasyTouch is slightly more important if you have some kind of remote inside the house.. If you have a remote, or ScreenLogic, it makes you lazy, as you can do it all from your couch..
If you have to go out the equipment pad to adjust things or change settings on the EasyTouch, it does not really matter what kind of SWCG you have.. as you are out there anyway..
We have a ton of people here that can help you with the install, no matter which way you go..
Note... You will probably get a lot of posts about your circuit breakers being the wrong type and not GFCI.. Which is all true, but I'm not the breaker police and I don't care what breakers you have... as long as you know they are not correct...
Thanks,
Jim R.
Having the SWCG integrated into the EasyTouch is slightly more important if you have some kind of remote inside the house.. If you have a remote, or ScreenLogic, it makes you lazy, as you can do it all from your couch..
If you have to go out the equipment pad to adjust things or change settings on the EasyTouch, it does not really matter what kind of SWCG you have.. as you are out there anyway..
We have a ton of people here that can help you with the install, no matter which way you go..
Note... You will probably get a lot of posts about your circuit breakers being the wrong type and not GFCI.. Which is all true, but I'm not the breaker police and I don't care what breakers you have... as long as you know they are not correct...
Thanks,
Jim R.