TFP experts - I need some assistance with rewiring my Easytouch 8. A couple of weeks ago I had an Intellichlor IC40 installed and the installer swapped two of my relays in my Easytouch control panel. Previously, my heater was wired to the load side of the pump relay. The installer changed this so now the Intellichlor is wired to that relay and my heater is wired to a separate “aux 7” relay, assigned to the high speed circuit. This means a) I have to activate that relay to get my heater to work, and b) I have no failsafe to prevent activating the heater without the pump being on, other than the logic within the Easytouch itself.
I want to rewire to correct those two issues, and have a couple of options that I want to check with you as to the best approach. The attached file gives a pictorial of the way my system was & is wired, and the two options below that I am considering. The circuits in question are both 220V/20A:
Alternative 1. The simplest / obvious solution is to wire the Intellichlor and Heater on a dedicated circuit, but wired through the ‘pump’ relay. I know this will work and will keep the amp draw well below the 20A rating of the breaker. The concern I have is that any trip of that breaker will disable the intellichlor and I could lose sanitation without realizing it (I've had issues with rodents chewing on the wires inside the heater). This concern would be alleviated if I could get a notification via the Screenlogic app that I had lost power to the intellichlor (I know it sends notifications if I lose comms to the pump). Anyone know if it will do that (either by default, or enabling it)?
Alternative 2. Rewire to have the Intellichlor and Heater wired to the same circuit as the pump, via the pump relay. This will reduce the concern of losing power to the intellichlor (will definitely know if the breaker trips as the pump will not run) however it puts extra load on the breaker and I’m concerned it will overload if I have the pump running at high speed with the heater running. I think I should have enough headroom but it'll be close, as the Intelliflo VS seems to pull 2800 watts at 3450 rpm (roughly 12-13A at 220V?), plus I could have the heater going at the same time (3A at 220V?), and the Intellichlor (1A at 220V?).
Any thoughts / suggestions? Realize this is a lot of info but may have missed something crucial so ask away.....thanks in advance!
I want to rewire to correct those two issues, and have a couple of options that I want to check with you as to the best approach. The attached file gives a pictorial of the way my system was & is wired, and the two options below that I am considering. The circuits in question are both 220V/20A:
Alternative 1. The simplest / obvious solution is to wire the Intellichlor and Heater on a dedicated circuit, but wired through the ‘pump’ relay. I know this will work and will keep the amp draw well below the 20A rating of the breaker. The concern I have is that any trip of that breaker will disable the intellichlor and I could lose sanitation without realizing it (I've had issues with rodents chewing on the wires inside the heater). This concern would be alleviated if I could get a notification via the Screenlogic app that I had lost power to the intellichlor (I know it sends notifications if I lose comms to the pump). Anyone know if it will do that (either by default, or enabling it)?
Alternative 2. Rewire to have the Intellichlor and Heater wired to the same circuit as the pump, via the pump relay. This will reduce the concern of losing power to the intellichlor (will definitely know if the breaker trips as the pump will not run) however it puts extra load on the breaker and I’m concerned it will overload if I have the pump running at high speed with the heater running. I think I should have enough headroom but it'll be close, as the Intelliflo VS seems to pull 2800 watts at 3450 rpm (roughly 12-13A at 220V?), plus I could have the heater going at the same time (3A at 220V?), and the Intellichlor (1A at 220V?).
Any thoughts / suggestions? Realize this is a lot of info but may have missed something crucial so ask away.....thanks in advance!