I have a Hayward Omnilogic panel, and several Hayward TriStar VS 950 pumps. Two of those pull from skimmers.. one of those powers our Hayward/Paramount In-Floor cleaning system (pop up heads). That in-floor skimmer seems to get full after storms, leaves falling, pollen, you name it. I will walk outside and hear the pump struggling.. pulling in air from who knows where as the full skimmer starves it of water.
I'm also into "home automation" with Home Assistant, Hubitat, SmartThings, you name it.. zigbee, wifi, zwave, yada yada.
I'm wondering what creative ideas people have come up with to alert themselves of a "full skimmer" situation where the pump is starving.
I had thought about a "smart" pressure gauge on the In-Floor pump. The dumb gauge that's screwed into it currently showed me 9 PSI when it was starved w/ a full skimmer, and then about 18 PSI when the skimmer was cleaned out. I felt that was backwards; but what do I know??? Is that normal type of PSI readings for this type of situation? If so, perhaps this smart gauge) could be purchased if it were to ever not be SOLD OUT again. It's terribly expensive, however.
I thought about building a decibel (sound) monitor w/ an ESP chip. I even bought some of the stuff required to pull that off from Temu; but haven't worked up the courage to try it out yet. Who knows what kind of false positives I'd pick up from various outdoor noises. The idea of trying to program it JUST RIGHT to filter out all the normal noises just makes me want to not even try. LOL.
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I read about @peterolson07 on here using a Shelly 1PM to monitor watt draw on their pump. I like that idea; but can my 220V pump be wired up through one of those Shelly 1PM's safely? Where can I put that Shelly? I guess it'd have to go into the Omnilogic electrical panel between the breaker and the pump? I'd imagine it's a double pull breaker. I'm not sure the 1PM can support that wiring configuration, can it?
Or am I making this all too complicated? Perhaps Omnilogic has something built in already that can do what I want? Maybe with an additional flow meter somewhere?
Thoughts? Ideas?
Thank you!
I'm also into "home automation" with Home Assistant, Hubitat, SmartThings, you name it.. zigbee, wifi, zwave, yada yada.
I'm wondering what creative ideas people have come up with to alert themselves of a "full skimmer" situation where the pump is starving.
I had thought about a "smart" pressure gauge on the In-Floor pump. The dumb gauge that's screwed into it currently showed me 9 PSI when it was starved w/ a full skimmer, and then about 18 PSI when the skimmer was cleaned out. I felt that was backwards; but what do I know??? Is that normal type of PSI readings for this type of situation? If so, perhaps this smart gauge) could be purchased if it were to ever not be SOLD OUT again. It's terribly expensive, however.
I thought about building a decibel (sound) monitor w/ an ESP chip. I even bought some of the stuff required to pull that off from Temu; but haven't worked up the courage to try it out yet. Who knows what kind of false positives I'd pick up from various outdoor noises. The idea of trying to program it JUST RIGHT to filter out all the normal noises just makes me want to not even try. LOL.
1pc High Sensitivity Sound Microphone Sensor Detection Module For Arduino AVR PIC
$1.61 Sensor Detection Module
ESP8266 ESP-12E ESP-12F ESP-01S ESP32 D1 Mini CP2104 WeMos D1 Mini WIFI Development Board NodeMCU Lua IOT Board
$3.14 D1 MINI MICRO
I read about @peterolson07 on here using a Shelly 1PM to monitor watt draw on their pump. I like that idea; but can my 220V pump be wired up through one of those Shelly 1PM's safely? Where can I put that Shelly? I guess it'd have to go into the Omnilogic electrical panel between the breaker and the pump? I'd imagine it's a double pull breaker. I'm not sure the 1PM can support that wiring configuration, can it?
Or am I making this all too complicated? Perhaps Omnilogic has something built in already that can do what I want? Maybe with an additional flow meter somewhere?
Thoughts? Ideas?
Thank you!
