Looking to upgrade to Intellicenter and SWG,

[ajw22]

My IntelliCenter is shutdown or the winter so I am working a bit in the dark and I don;t have a RS-485 connected MasterTemp.

The heat is "Scheduled". Are you familiar with that term?

See what you have set for Heat Source in your schedules. Play with the different settings and see if it gets your heater running.

 

[mriddell]

Well, instructions are dangerous for me! I tend to overthink from time to time. When I hooked up the THREE wires for the RS-485 connections, in the same figures, Pentair discusses 3-wire connection. Included in that section is the switching of the jumper to enable 3-wire control.... which I had switched for said 3-wire when I initially ran the wires. After changing the jumper back and verifying the wires for the 485 connection on both ends, it fired right up! So, other than forming a group or so, I think I'm done! Again, thanks so much!

 

[ajw22]

Glad you figured it out. I was going to quiz you on the wiring next.

 

[mriddell]

Beginning to try to fine tune the SWG now. As I understand it, the cell is on anytime one is in pool or spa mode and greater than the speed necessary to trigger the flow switch. Currently have pool mode set at 1200 RPM 24/7. It appears that I need 1800 to trigger the salt cell. I had Speed 1800 set for 8 hrs daily but with 50% cell output, salt levels were rising daily. I think I should leave the output at 50% or higher to maintain good output and simply dial back the time at Speed 1800. Correct? Also, I notice that many folks have SWGs that trigger at much lower flow rates. I assume some of the variance is brand related, and some plumbing/feature related. I have the spa return cracked open a small amount. I don't think that would affect flow rates. How much will the planned heater bypass affect the flow? I would obviously like to run the pump as slow as possible when not needed otherwise. I've ordered the parts to add the heater bypass but haven't gotten to it as of yet.

 

[ajw22]

The heater bypass should give you the flow you have at 1800 RPM at about 300-400 RPM lower.

Lower your SWG % as necessary. No benefit to keeping it above 50%.