- Aug 5, 2013
- 219
- Pool Size
- 12000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I moved into my house a little less than a year ago. The pool equipment that I inherited was a step above non-functional.
So I did what I do and decided to upgrade. However, I have some big questions about how to wire the Intellitouch.
Current setup:
Sta-Rite 1HP Pump
Hayward Pro-Grid 3620 D.E. Filter
Main power panel has a 15A double pole breaker for pool pump, 14g wiring ran in EMT conduit
Main power panel has a 15A single pole breaker for pool light, 14g wiring ran in EMT conduit
Old pool light, 120V
Upgrading to:
Pentair IntelliFlo VS Variable Speed Pool Pump (011018)
Pentair Quad D.E. 80 (188593)
Pentair EasyTouch 4 with Pentair IC40 (520593)
Old pool light
There will also be a few automated valves and new piping/valves from the ground to equipment.
Of course, having two wire runs (one pump run, one pool light) with 14g wiring isn't going to cut it for wiring the EasyTouch so as I understand it, I'm going to need to upgrade my wiring.
That is going to be a bit of a problem because the 3/4" EMT currently runs out of the main box and runs along the foundation and then it dips under the Cool Deck until it hits the back wall where the equipment pad is at. The overall run from box to equipment pad is probably about 90 feet.
I read the post Installing Easy Touch... what size wire from main panel? and it seems that both posters have more equipment than I do in that they have heaters. I do not have a heater and don't forsee one (there isn't a whole lot of space over there as-is). But who knows, as bk406 said, if you even have the slightest inkling of getting a heater, go with 100A.
So it seems I probably need to have at least a main run for 60A (6 gauge), if not a 100A (3 gauge). Also, obviously these new wires will not fit in the existing EMT, so that will have to be changed too. I am sure I can get the new conduit along the foundation and then have them trench it under the parking slab and then over to the wall, then run it along the wall. I am assuming that is OK - just trying to avoid trearing up the cool deck. I'd rather tear up the slab and fill that back in with concrete than trenching up my whole pool. Any ideas are welcome.
I'll post pictures tomorrow as I'm sure that will help.
On a separate note - since all my old pool stuff was garbage and I tore it out already, the pool is turning into a pond out here in sunny AZ. Any tips for not creating a health hazard mosquito breeding ground in the meantime? I should have left it in so I could at least circulate chlorine (that is about all the system would do, albeit poorly).
So I did what I do and decided to upgrade. However, I have some big questions about how to wire the Intellitouch.
Current setup:
Sta-Rite 1HP Pump
Hayward Pro-Grid 3620 D.E. Filter
Main power panel has a 15A double pole breaker for pool pump, 14g wiring ran in EMT conduit
Main power panel has a 15A single pole breaker for pool light, 14g wiring ran in EMT conduit
Old pool light, 120V
Upgrading to:
Pentair IntelliFlo VS Variable Speed Pool Pump (011018)
Pentair Quad D.E. 80 (188593)
Pentair EasyTouch 4 with Pentair IC40 (520593)
Old pool light
There will also be a few automated valves and new piping/valves from the ground to equipment.
Of course, having two wire runs (one pump run, one pool light) with 14g wiring isn't going to cut it for wiring the EasyTouch so as I understand it, I'm going to need to upgrade my wiring.
That is going to be a bit of a problem because the 3/4" EMT currently runs out of the main box and runs along the foundation and then it dips under the Cool Deck until it hits the back wall where the equipment pad is at. The overall run from box to equipment pad is probably about 90 feet.
I read the post Installing Easy Touch... what size wire from main panel? and it seems that both posters have more equipment than I do in that they have heaters. I do not have a heater and don't forsee one (there isn't a whole lot of space over there as-is). But who knows, as bk406 said, if you even have the slightest inkling of getting a heater, go with 100A.
So it seems I probably need to have at least a main run for 60A (6 gauge), if not a 100A (3 gauge). Also, obviously these new wires will not fit in the existing EMT, so that will have to be changed too. I am sure I can get the new conduit along the foundation and then have them trench it under the parking slab and then over to the wall, then run it along the wall. I am assuming that is OK - just trying to avoid trearing up the cool deck. I'd rather tear up the slab and fill that back in with concrete than trenching up my whole pool. Any ideas are welcome.
I'll post pictures tomorrow as I'm sure that will help.
On a separate note - since all my old pool stuff was garbage and I tore it out already, the pool is turning into a pond out here in sunny AZ. Any tips for not creating a health hazard mosquito breeding ground in the meantime? I should have left it in so I could at least circulate chlorine (that is about all the system would do, albeit poorly).
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