Hello everybody - have been lurking for years, thank you all for all the information!
I am about to start a redo of the automation system in my pool (just finished replumbing), and I will be using a Pentair EasyTouch for that (the Suntouch gave up the ghost).
The problem is that the pool equipment is in an area nowhere near any solid mounting wall or fence. As you can see from the picture, there are two metal pipes to which a (rotting) piece of plywood is attached, and the electrical stuff to that plywood.
Here's my current plan for mounting the EasyTouch (which weights 50lbs+), looking for opinions - whether it is crazy, or you can think of another option that I missed: I'm going to replace that plywood with some beefier one, and mount the panel to that. If it was just that, I'd worry there would be a lot of torque on the pipes, which are already quite old (30 years is my guess). So I'm also planning on cutting two pieces of 2x4s (or something else - metal pipes?) and using them as posts under the EasyTouch (as "legs", so to speak), under unused knockouts, to take at least some of the load from the pipes. I hope that would be enough.
Thoughts welcome, and thanks for in advance!
- Cesar
I am about to start a redo of the automation system in my pool (just finished replumbing), and I will be using a Pentair EasyTouch for that (the Suntouch gave up the ghost).
The problem is that the pool equipment is in an area nowhere near any solid mounting wall or fence. As you can see from the picture, there are two metal pipes to which a (rotting) piece of plywood is attached, and the electrical stuff to that plywood.
Here's my current plan for mounting the EasyTouch (which weights 50lbs+), looking for opinions - whether it is crazy, or you can think of another option that I missed: I'm going to replace that plywood with some beefier one, and mount the panel to that. If it was just that, I'd worry there would be a lot of torque on the pipes, which are already quite old (30 years is my guess). So I'm also planning on cutting two pieces of 2x4s (or something else - metal pipes?) and using them as posts under the EasyTouch (as "legs", so to speak), under unused knockouts, to take at least some of the load from the pipes. I hope that would be enough.
Thoughts welcome, and thanks for in advance!
- Cesar
