Hey Everyone,
This is a long post, i was looking for any ideas or suggestions for my current setup, my initial post was just looking for how to wire everything together, but i realized there's just whole lot wrong with my setup and would like some thoughts. Below is a description of my setup. thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
I've spent a better half of the last 2 years just searching and learning, my setup is pretty basic right now, and it just makes everything more of a headache. I've learned a lot about how much my setup sucks, lol. I currently have an old leslies 3/4HP single speed pump, and an old metal sand filter, no heater, pool is estimated around 12k gallons. the plumbing seems to be a mess. 1 skimmer, 1 return, 1 vac port, the main drain does not work, i believe it is plugged in the bottom of the pool, and no idea if the pipe from the drain is hooked up to anything. A new skimmer was installed before we bought the house, so I'm assuming they didn't hook up the main drain, or maybe there is a leak in it. there is a vac port which seems to be connected to the skimmer piping (i have to use a the flow adapter in the skimmer to get enough suction through the vac port. its very hard to run new piping because my pool is built on a higher level than where my equipment is, and the equipment is in a shed about 3 feet below where the bottom of the pool would be, and there is a retaining wall that holds up the area where to pool is. its all plumbed with black flex poly, like they used in the olden days. obviously not ideal. would be really hard to replace it all and run new pipes through the retaining wall, let alone dig deep enough up top to get them ran through the existing. But if its vital i do so, then i will. look like its just one suction, and one return pipe being ran through the wall.
Id like to make my life easier, and cheaper. Im looking to install a 2 speed pump, pentair cartridge filter, Stenner, and a raypak 266k BTU heater. I'm going to move all the equipment outside of the shed, its currently sitting on a small cement pad through a cutout in the shed floor (very very odd, and very hard to get to if repairs are needed). im going to pour a new pad on the side of the shed. My original question was going to be, what is the best route for wiring it all? I have 120volt power through a single receptacle inside the shed, it only powers the current pump and its #12 THHN wiring i believe and ran through metal conduit (shed is 30 feet from house but everything runs through retaining wall to the house). I feel like I'm better off running a new line up around and down from the house for 240v and using a digital intermatic to control everything. it seems like the digital intermatics can only have 3 things setup on a timer. is it possible to wire the heater in with the 2 speed pump, to only turn on when the pump is on, i was confused because i know the high and low setting will both need its own timer slot, wasn't sure if there was a way to wire the heater in so it works when its on either high or low. then i would use aslot for the stenner. so the intermatic would have a slot for high, low, and stenner which take sup the 3 timer spots, and the heater would be hooked up with the pump.
Keep in mind im still very new at this, the pool is only open from May to September. I'm a 100% DIYer besides complex electrical. I will be hiring and electrician to hook all the wiring up.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
This is a long post, i was looking for any ideas or suggestions for my current setup, my initial post was just looking for how to wire everything together, but i realized there's just whole lot wrong with my setup and would like some thoughts. Below is a description of my setup. thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
I've spent a better half of the last 2 years just searching and learning, my setup is pretty basic right now, and it just makes everything more of a headache. I've learned a lot about how much my setup sucks, lol. I currently have an old leslies 3/4HP single speed pump, and an old metal sand filter, no heater, pool is estimated around 12k gallons. the plumbing seems to be a mess. 1 skimmer, 1 return, 1 vac port, the main drain does not work, i believe it is plugged in the bottom of the pool, and no idea if the pipe from the drain is hooked up to anything. A new skimmer was installed before we bought the house, so I'm assuming they didn't hook up the main drain, or maybe there is a leak in it. there is a vac port which seems to be connected to the skimmer piping (i have to use a the flow adapter in the skimmer to get enough suction through the vac port. its very hard to run new piping because my pool is built on a higher level than where my equipment is, and the equipment is in a shed about 3 feet below where the bottom of the pool would be, and there is a retaining wall that holds up the area where to pool is. its all plumbed with black flex poly, like they used in the olden days. obviously not ideal. would be really hard to replace it all and run new pipes through the retaining wall, let alone dig deep enough up top to get them ran through the existing. But if its vital i do so, then i will. look like its just one suction, and one return pipe being ran through the wall.
Id like to make my life easier, and cheaper. Im looking to install a 2 speed pump, pentair cartridge filter, Stenner, and a raypak 266k BTU heater. I'm going to move all the equipment outside of the shed, its currently sitting on a small cement pad through a cutout in the shed floor (very very odd, and very hard to get to if repairs are needed). im going to pour a new pad on the side of the shed. My original question was going to be, what is the best route for wiring it all? I have 120volt power through a single receptacle inside the shed, it only powers the current pump and its #12 THHN wiring i believe and ran through metal conduit (shed is 30 feet from house but everything runs through retaining wall to the house). I feel like I'm better off running a new line up around and down from the house for 240v and using a digital intermatic to control everything. it seems like the digital intermatics can only have 3 things setup on a timer. is it possible to wire the heater in with the 2 speed pump, to only turn on when the pump is on, i was confused because i know the high and low setting will both need its own timer slot, wasn't sure if there was a way to wire the heater in so it works when its on either high or low. then i would use aslot for the stenner. so the intermatic would have a slot for high, low, and stenner which take sup the 3 timer spots, and the heater would be hooked up with the pump.
Keep in mind im still very new at this, the pool is only open from May to September. I'm a 100% DIYer besides complex electrical. I will be hiring and electrician to hook all the wiring up.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
