Hello All!
First thread here but I am newer homeowner with a very old inground 16x32 pool! We closed in may and the pool had no equipment so thanks to reading some threads here I was able to do the basic equipment myself and get the pool running this season. I'm starting to get quotes from pool companies to redo my paver patios as well as get a new liner as this one has some leaks. with the age of the pool and having no updates since the 70s when it was installed the PBs are suggesting a replumb and since we are going to do a replumb I am going to relocate the equipment to the side of my house so its out of the way and cant be seen and will have an electrician run new wiring for this location. The pool company suggested since I will be getting a sub panel anyway for the equipment it would be worth it to get some basic amount of automation as they have a subpanel built in. My question to you guys is what will suffice for my build and needs? My equipment is currently a Pentair Superflo VS 1.5HP (342001) pump and a hayward sand filter. The pool is very simple with no spa and just 2 skimmers, 1 bottom drain, and 4 returns. I have no water features or spillovers. I am dosing liquid chlorine 3ish nights a week by testing with my taylor test kits and do not use the inline hayward chlorinator for pucks. The pool building is suggesting a basic pentair easytouch system with SWG built in as i would also like to get a heatpump heater in the future Amazon.com : Pentair 520593 EasyTouch 4PSC-IC40 Single Body Pool Or Spa Control System, Includes SCG Integration & IC40 Cell, Almond : Outdoor Spas : Garden & Outdoor
will this system be able to control my pump with speed setting like i currently have it set up? (8 hours high speed, 8 hours medium speed, 8 hours very low speed) plus my SWG and future heater? Ideally i would love the automation to be able to turn the pump off from the pool while im vaccuming and turn it on in quick clean mode while i vac the pool and back off once im done. Also ideeally if there are automatic values that control the top of the sand filter that would be amazing as well. Alexa or an IOs app would be a bonus. Im having a hard time understanding if the controller will be able to be programed and run my pump at the different speed settings. should i set it up to just power the pump on and off and keep the control speed setting on that mother board? Thank you for all the help!
First thread here but I am newer homeowner with a very old inground 16x32 pool! We closed in may and the pool had no equipment so thanks to reading some threads here I was able to do the basic equipment myself and get the pool running this season. I'm starting to get quotes from pool companies to redo my paver patios as well as get a new liner as this one has some leaks. with the age of the pool and having no updates since the 70s when it was installed the PBs are suggesting a replumb and since we are going to do a replumb I am going to relocate the equipment to the side of my house so its out of the way and cant be seen and will have an electrician run new wiring for this location. The pool company suggested since I will be getting a sub panel anyway for the equipment it would be worth it to get some basic amount of automation as they have a subpanel built in. My question to you guys is what will suffice for my build and needs? My equipment is currently a Pentair Superflo VS 1.5HP (342001) pump and a hayward sand filter. The pool is very simple with no spa and just 2 skimmers, 1 bottom drain, and 4 returns. I have no water features or spillovers. I am dosing liquid chlorine 3ish nights a week by testing with my taylor test kits and do not use the inline hayward chlorinator for pucks. The pool building is suggesting a basic pentair easytouch system with SWG built in as i would also like to get a heatpump heater in the future Amazon.com : Pentair 520593 EasyTouch 4PSC-IC40 Single Body Pool Or Spa Control System, Includes SCG Integration & IC40 Cell, Almond : Outdoor Spas : Garden & Outdoor
will this system be able to control my pump with speed setting like i currently have it set up? (8 hours high speed, 8 hours medium speed, 8 hours very low speed) plus my SWG and future heater? Ideally i would love the automation to be able to turn the pump off from the pool while im vaccuming and turn it on in quick clean mode while i vac the pool and back off once im done. Also ideeally if there are automatic values that control the top of the sand filter that would be amazing as well. Alexa or an IOs app would be a bonus. Im having a hard time understanding if the controller will be able to be programed and run my pump at the different speed settings. should i set it up to just power the pump on and off and keep the control speed setting on that mother board? Thank you for all the help!