Foos,
Your ET 8 comes with 8 relays. One relay must be used as the Filter/Pump relay, used to turn your SWCG on/off. That leaves you with 7 user definable relays.
I would not use the internal 24 VAC from the EasyTouch, just because everything is under warranty and that 24 VAC is not really designed for your use. Most likely would work fine, but not something that I recommend.
I used one of my relays to send power to a separate 115/24 VAC step down transformer which powers a standard sprinkler valve to turn the water on/off.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Hi jim... so how many transformers are in the easytouch, 1 or 2? I got the impression 2, one for the easytouch and one for other things that use lower voltage. My landscape lights are low voltage leds that maybe use 50 watts total. Would be nice to ditch my light transformer. Also what are the small circuit breakers for?