3 weeks ago I had an OmniPL installed by my local Pinch a Penny. I didn't have the option to do it myself. After a week I noticed that the morning temp reading was about 5-6 degrees over the real temp but towards the evening it would get close to reality.
They came back and said that it's because my pool equipment gets morning sun and afternoon shade. They manually adjusted the temp in the configs by -5 degrees. Obviously, now it will be accurate in the morning and 5 degrees lower in the afternoon. When they installed the temp sensor, they put it on top of the pipe going from the pump to the filter. I don't know if the sensor doesn't like direct sunlight or there's enough heat being transferred into the water through the pipes. So if the sensor is always affected by the direct sunlight, how the heck is one supposed to know what temp to set the heater to. When it's high in the morning, it will stop 5 degrees short. If I set it 5 degrees high in anticipation of the difference and in the meantime the sun goes over the house, the heater will run 5 extra degrees. And if I leave it low, there are 2 other branches to the solution tree. They said that this is typical of all automation systems. Has anyone found a solution?
For what it's worth, the only way to get an accurate temp (other than a thermometer) is to go to the salt cell diagnostics which show me the temp from the salt cell. It's also in the sun but apparently the sensor is somewhere in the center. Thank you!
They came back and said that it's because my pool equipment gets morning sun and afternoon shade. They manually adjusted the temp in the configs by -5 degrees. Obviously, now it will be accurate in the morning and 5 degrees lower in the afternoon. When they installed the temp sensor, they put it on top of the pipe going from the pump to the filter. I don't know if the sensor doesn't like direct sunlight or there's enough heat being transferred into the water through the pipes. So if the sensor is always affected by the direct sunlight, how the heck is one supposed to know what temp to set the heater to. When it's high in the morning, it will stop 5 degrees short. If I set it 5 degrees high in anticipation of the difference and in the meantime the sun goes over the house, the heater will run 5 extra degrees. And if I leave it low, there are 2 other branches to the solution tree. They said that this is typical of all automation systems. Has anyone found a solution?
For what it's worth, the only way to get an accurate temp (other than a thermometer) is to go to the salt cell diagnostics which show me the temp from the salt cell. It's also in the sun but apparently the sensor is somewhere in the center. Thank you!
