Can my new Intelliflo3 with relay board power a heater?

[SoCalDIYWannabe]

Title pretty much says (asks) it all.

The relay board has two spots, a low voltage and a high voltage. I keep hearing it'll power lights or a SWCG on the low, and a booster pump, or lights, or SWCG on the high.

Would the Hayward heater that's currently wired into the intermatic timer be able to be moved to the pump?

 

[Jimrahbe]

S,

Are we talking about a gas heater?? If so, then yes.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[SoCalDIYWannabe]

Awesome. Yes, gas heater, I imagine the power is just for control board and electronics, etc. I HATE that the gas line is sticking up out of the pathway, but I've dealt with that for years, so nothing new, and adjusting that is NOT something I want to DIY.

As I am fidgeting with the new layout, the conduit / cord / cable from the heater to the timer is just in the way, I can try to tuck it away, but it's annoying. I either need to add a few feet, or ... feed it into the pump, which is awesome. (Probably not as easy as I imagine though, that flexible conduit really isn't all that flexible.)

 

[Jimrahbe]

S,

You can run the heater two ways..

1. Run all the AC for the heater through the relay card.. So, from the breaker, to the relay card, and then to the heater.
2. Run the 24 VAC from the heater's fireman's switch through the relay card and back to the heater. This low AC voltage keeps the heater off unless the relay is closed.

I'd do #2..

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[SoCalDIYWannabe]

I'm wiring (attempting) my new Intelliflo3 and relay board.

Before
- electric box (junction or subpanel? probably just junction) to Intermatic Line-1 and Line-3, so always on.
- Load-2 and Load-4 from intermatic to pump.
- Load-2 and Load-4 from intermatic to heater.
So, when the timer was on, the pump was on and heater was powered (controlled by the heater control panel - pool/spa/standby)

Current / planning
- electric box (junction or subpanel? probably just junction) to Intermatic Line-1 and Line-3, so always on.
- I currently have pump on the load-2 and load-4 like the old pump was, so that I can use the intermatic to turn it off. but will probably either move it to line, or just remove the nubs from the intermatic so that it stays on. If I keep it on the load, but without nubs, I can still turn it off at the intermatic.

For the heater, could I run that directly by extending from the pump? Could I run a 3inch-ish wire from those two on the pump into the relay?
It seems logical, but I'm not expert, so want to check.