Currently my IntelliCenter turns on freeze protection mode at 35 or 36 degrees, which is too high for me. It ends up wasting a lot of electricity to run the pumps at temperatures which are too warm to actually need freeze protection. I want to lower the set point at which freeze protection turns on to something more suitable, say 32 or 33 degrees. How can I do this?
IntelliCenter - how to change temperature at which freeze protection mode kicks on?
- Thread starter GrandLSU
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 59,434
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
To my knowledge, you cannot change the set point for Freeze Protection. You can disable it. Or set up a circuit to run 24/7 at low rpm when you know it could be cold and you initiate it.
You could also deliberately mis-calibrate the air temperature sensor. If it is, say, 45° outside, tell the IC that it's 49° to effectively lower the freeze set point by 4°. The IC will still engage freeze protection when it thinks it's 36° but it's really 32°. See "Temperature Sensor Calibration" in the IC manual.
