Pentair Colorsync Wiring

[Dreaves]

Hello All, trying to wire in a pentair colorsync controller. Doesnt seem that i have a neutral (common) wire in the box? I see white, but then it connects to black and blue (at the light transformer i assume). Also see white going to a line strip in the top left of the box.

This is a new build, but electric company would not install the switch we wanted.

Please help if you can

 

[ajw22]

The Colorsynch Controller connects to the high voltage side of the transformer.

Your fingers on the white, blacks, and blue wires are the low voltage side. The controller does not connect there.

The transformer is in the lower left of the electrical box. Coming out of the top holes are the white neutral wire connected to the neutral bar and a blue wire which is wire nutted to a red hot wire connected to the GFCI outlet. Those are the red and white wires shown on the diagram below.

Your electrician did some interesting stuff. Instead of using a standard 20A GFCI CB for your pool pump they sued a non-GFCI CB and a separate GFCI box.

Where do you intend to m out the Color Synch Controller?

 

[Dreaves]

The Colorsynch Controller connects to the high voltage side of the transformer.

Your fingers on the white, blacks, and blue wires are the low voltage side. The controller does not connect there.

The transformer is in the lower left of the electrical box. Coming out of the top holes are the white neutral wire connected to the neutral bar and a blue wire which is wire nutted to a red hot wire connected to the GFCI outlet. Those are the red and white wires shown on the diagram below.

Your electrician did some interesting stuff. Instead of using a standard 20A GFCI CB for your pool pump they sued a non-GFCI CB and a separate GFCI box.

Where do you intend to m out the Color Synch Controller?

View attachment 469673

Thank you. I planned on mounting it on the right where the old switch was. In this circle area.

The blue wire out of the transformer actually goes to nothing. It ends at the wire connector, but nothing is connected to it. Both those blue and yellow wires coming out of the top end at a wire connector and nothing is connected. You can kinda see it in the attached picture.

We originally had a lutron switch there, but they removed it and said it would not work. Maybe those wires went to that switch?

 

[ajw22]

See the pic below. Red marks pointing to the hot and neutral wires that power the light transformer.

 

[Dreaves]

See the pic below. Red marks pointing to the hot and neutral wires that power the light transformer.

View attachment 469738

Thanks so much. So on the back of thecontroller i have load, neutral, line.

Load - is the red wire from the transformer?
Line - the blue from the breaker?
Neutral - run a white wire from the strip block to the neutral side of the switch?

Thanks again

 

[ajw22]

Thanks so much. So on the back of thecontroller i have load, neutral, line.

Load - is the red wire from the transformer?
Line - the blue from the breaker?
Neutral - run a white wire from the strip block to the neutral side of the switch?

Thanks again

Neutral from transformer and from controller must be wire nutted together with a pig tail that connects to the neutral bar.

 

[Dreaves]

Neutral from transformer and from controller must be wire nutted together with a pig tail that connects to the neutral bar.

ok awesome. i think i got it. will report back.

 

[BMerrill]

Have a concern the incoming power feeder wires maybe undersized.
What is the gauge of the black wires feeding the bottom of the circuit busses. It will be on the wires.

 

[Dreaves]

Neutral from transformer and from controller must be wire nutted together with a pig tail that connects to the neutral bar.

It worked. Thanks