Has anyone figured out a hack to get an intex pump to turn on remotely? When powered via a timer it does not currently auto turn on

[Slippery]

Has anyone figured out a hack to get an intex pump to turn on remotely?

This is the pump I have: https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Krysta...fos.ac2169a1-b668-44b9-8bd0-5ec63b24bcb5&th=1

When powered up it is in a standby state. Maybe there's a way to by pass the circuit board and just have it power up when using a smart plug?

In the shoulder season if I am out all day but the sun comes out Id love to be able to turn it on remotely so I can get some solar heating done.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

I'm going to make a guess here that the Intex's built in timer won't stay "on" after x hours and hence your stand alone timer won't trigger it. The timers compete with each other, so to speak.

I have a pump tied in to my Intermatic timer and because the pump is basic it doesn't have a built in timer so the stand alone timer turns it on/off just fine daily.

Maddie

 

[Mdragger88]

This may be more complicated than you want but here’s a thread about it

Automation of INTEX SWG

Hi all, I've been reading several ideas about how to automate the Intex SWG for instance using a wifi smart plug. I have an eedomus at home. This works with a z-wave network, but lots of devices (i.e. wifi devices) can be integrated. My initial idea was to modify the SWG to integrate an Arduino...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[CT-Steven]

If you Google "bypass intex pump timer" there are numerous videos' on this. The only problem I see is there are different makes/models so the procedure might differ from one to the other. But once bypassed if it turns on when plugged in and not needing any button's to be pushed then any smart outlet will be able to control it's on/off function.

 

[traustic]

My current pump holds the timer when power is removed and returned through an external switch. My older pump did not do this and I had to move my 4 pin data connector to the other pins on the pcb board. Works fine now.