Main: Pentair Intelliflow 2 VST
Booster: Polaris PB4-60
First time pool owner last Summer, filled on 7/2/16 so I spent the remainder of the Summer swimming and not worrying about equipment details.
However, it was opened Monday, so I'm taking the time while it warms up to read all the manuals and hit the learning curve. Btw, soooooo glad I finally did this. I've been wanting a pool for years.
The main pump and booster were installed each with their own mechanical timer. If you have a traditional (not smart) main pump, if there's a power outage, the timers will get equally out of time, so there's no real possibility of the booster running without the main running as well. (Assuming the timers are set up properly, of course). However, in my setup, the (smart) Intelliflow has its own battery-backed clock and scheduling on board. This means that there is a very real possibility that a power outage could throw the booster's mechanical timer sufficiently out of sync with the Intelliflow that the booster could turn on without the main being on. I really don't want to melt the booster's impeller.
Has anyone dealt with this? Ideally, there would be a sense wire (or something) locking the booster off unless the main were on. (Probably a very good idea anyway- does any pump do this??)
I'm an EE, I could hack something up, but if there's an easier way I'd love to hear about it.
Booster: Polaris PB4-60
First time pool owner last Summer, filled on 7/2/16 so I spent the remainder of the Summer swimming and not worrying about equipment details.
However, it was opened Monday, so I'm taking the time while it warms up to read all the manuals and hit the learning curve. Btw, soooooo glad I finally did this. I've been wanting a pool for years. The main pump and booster were installed each with their own mechanical timer. If you have a traditional (not smart) main pump, if there's a power outage, the timers will get equally out of time, so there's no real possibility of the booster running without the main running as well. (Assuming the timers are set up properly, of course). However, in my setup, the (smart) Intelliflow has its own battery-backed clock and scheduling on board. This means that there is a very real possibility that a power outage could throw the booster's mechanical timer sufficiently out of sync with the Intelliflow that the booster could turn on without the main being on. I really don't want to melt the booster's impeller.
Has anyone dealt with this? Ideally, there would be a sense wire (or something) locking the booster off unless the main were on. (Probably a very good idea anyway- does any pump do this??)
I'm an EE, I could hack something up, but if there's an easier way I'd love to hear about it.
