I live in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Have a roughly 16x35 80,000L in-ground pool. We have been replacing equipment as it fails, the most recent being our original Raypak 255 WG-N heater which failed a few weeks ago. We now have a Raypak Avia 264 heater (2023) model P-R264A-EN-C.
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It is connected to WiFi and I have the Raymote App on my phone to allow me to control the heat. The problem being that we have our pump controlled by a mechanical timer located beside our breaker panel in our basement. I do not want to run my pump 24/7, as a pool guy told me to do. The details on the pump, which I had assumed was original, but maybe it isn't - 1.0 HP Jacuzzi Magnum 1000 Pump with a Century 186085 single speed motor that is wired 115VAC, if I'm reading the date code in the serial number correctly it is from 1996. I would have thought the pool was from the 80's, but I just checked the serial number of our old heater with the embedded date code in it, and it is also 1996 - so I guess that is the age of our pool. There's the background.
Now my question is, can I add a relay to the wiring feeding our pool pump which is on a 20Amp breaker that would allow me to plug the relay into the Raypak Avia Heater's Auxiliary outlet so that I can have the Raymote app control my pump (and do away with the mechanical timer)? That way I can use its 'smart' feature to ensure that the heater turns off and the pump continues to run for 15 mins or so to make sure everything has cooled down.
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It is connected to WiFi and I have the Raymote App on my phone to allow me to control the heat. The problem being that we have our pump controlled by a mechanical timer located beside our breaker panel in our basement. I do not want to run my pump 24/7, as a pool guy told me to do. The details on the pump, which I had assumed was original, but maybe it isn't - 1.0 HP Jacuzzi Magnum 1000 Pump with a Century 186085 single speed motor that is wired 115VAC, if I'm reading the date code in the serial number correctly it is from 1996. I would have thought the pool was from the 80's, but I just checked the serial number of our old heater with the embedded date code in it, and it is also 1996 - so I guess that is the age of our pool. There's the background.
Now my question is, can I add a relay to the wiring feeding our pool pump which is on a 20Amp breaker that would allow me to plug the relay into the Raypak Avia Heater's Auxiliary outlet so that I can have the Raymote app control my pump (and do away with the mechanical timer)? That way I can use its 'smart' feature to ensure that the heater turns off and the pump continues to run for 15 mins or so to make sure everything has cooled down.
