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I took the plug off my pump power cord, the big black plug with the test and reset buttons on it. I put a regular plug on and I moved the wires coming from the timer switch and hooked it to the straight wire connection. I then put a cheap timer on my plug and now I run my pump 4 hours let it cut off for three hours then it cuts back on.The pump timer is a pain. It will come on again approximately 24 hours after you turn it on by switching it to the timer. So if you turn it on using the timer at 8am and it runs for 4 hours and then you vacuum later that night, say 6pm by switching it on and then turn it back to the timer when you are finished, it will run for the amount of time it was set at that time and then come on again approximately 24 hours after that time, or around 6pm the next day. I contemplated connecting it to an external timer (actually a z-wave device) and leaving it always on and letting the timer run it, but I have had issues with the GFI on the pump tripping if our power goes out. So because of that, every time the external timer would shut the pump off then the GFI would trip and it won't come back on. I have been contemplating cutting of the GFI on the cord and just using the timer plugged in to a GFI outlet, but the timer I have won't fit with the box that the GFI outlet is in so I would need to do some rewiring (in which I would put a dedicated circuit to it). We just bought a vacant lot and are going to be building a new house so I don't really want to spend any time/money doing anything now when I will have a new house that we are going to have wired with the pool in mind, so I'm just dealing with the annoying timer for this summer and set a reminder on my phone to turn the pump back to the timer so I don't forget whenever I vacuum. Next summer will hopefully be fully automated, if I get my way
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