Disabling Intermatic timer

[skydude]

I had a Intelliflow pump installed last month. I now want to just hardwire the electric line and turn the Intermatic timer off. Is it as simple as connecting red to red and black to black? (with the breaker off of course!)

 

[Jimrahbe]

SD,

It looks to me like you have already done it.. The power is coming in on 1 and 3 and going out on 1 and 3.. The timer is doing nothing..

I would have just left the wires the way they were and removed the dog... this would have allowed you to use the manual switch to turn the power on and off to the pump if ever needed.

Either way will work.

EDIT.. If you did not change the timer wiring, then I assume the guy who installed the pump did... The timer in your pic is wired to apply constant power to the pump.

I am not sure if the black wires or the red wires are the input wires, but you cannot connect the two reds or two blacks together unless you want to blow up the world..

Thanks,


Jim R.

 

[skydude]

The dog being the white wire? If I remove that will the timer turn off? I don't like the noise the timer makes.

 

[Jimrahbe]

SD,

To stop the clock, just remove the two white wires and you will take the clock out of the circuit.

The "dog" is the green thing that turns the timer on or off.

Jim R.

 

[skydude]

Awesome, thanks!!