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I've got a question for you along these lines, for my own purpose in the event that I ever experience the same IntelliChlor issue.
What would be the result if I were to pigtail the connection from the automation water temp thermistor instead of plumbing in a new thermistor? In other words, from the automation water temp thermistor, one set of wires connect to the automation IC board and another set of wires to the IntelliChlor thermistor connection similar to what you did. Just using the same thermistor for both purposes. "Do you think this might cause issues? JamesW, thoughts as well?
I was also thinking that I could wire-in some sort of wire "quick-disconnect" at the IntelliChlor in case I would need to remove the IntelliChlor from the plumbing for some reason.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!!
r.
Hi Jimdk,
If you just cut the wires going to the thermister (not the flow switch) the cell will think the temperature is a constant 72 degrees.
The problem I see is that if the thermister is not working, it may make your salt reading so far off that the cell will always show low salt, even when the actual salt level is very high.
I modified my system per instructions by JamesW.. I basically bought a standard 10 K thermister and mounted it in the plumbing, just like my EasyTouch temp prob. I then disconnected the flow switch thermister from the cell and connected the external thermister.. That was about a year ago and so far it has been working great. The down side is when you take the cell out and want to take it away from the equipment pad, you need to also take the external temp probe out of the plumbing...
Thanks,
Jim R.
I've got a question for you along these lines, for my own purpose in the event that I ever experience the same IntelliChlor issue.
What would be the result if I were to pigtail the connection from the automation water temp thermistor instead of plumbing in a new thermistor? In other words, from the automation water temp thermistor, one set of wires connect to the automation IC board and another set of wires to the IntelliChlor thermistor connection similar to what you did. Just using the same thermistor for both purposes. "Do you think this might cause issues? JamesW, thoughts as well?
I was also thinking that I could wire-in some sort of wire "quick-disconnect" at the IntelliChlor in case I would need to remove the IntelliChlor from the plumbing for some reason.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!!
r.
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