My brother bought a new home last year that has a pool and he's replacing his pool pump and installing a SWG this year with my help. He purchased the Intelliflo VS pump and the Hayward Aquarite SWG. He doesn't have a pool heater or anything else special, and he has a simple Intermatic T10X (not sure which) pool timer box.
So I've read through various forum threads like this: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/new-pentair-intelliflo-vsf-with-mechanical-timer.180170/, and wanted to get a sanity check. It seems like the best thing to do is to run the pump to the LINE so it gets constant power and run the SWG to the LOAD so it runs only when the Intermatic timer allows it. He's planning on running the pump AND SWG 24x7 so I assume he would just leave the Intermatic timer 'on'.
Question is, with this setup, is there anything to guarantee the SWG isn't on while the pump is not flowing (other than the flow switch on the SWG)? For instance, if he manually stops the pump to clean it out, the SWG would continue to get power? I assume it would always get power unless the Intermatic switch is flipped to 'off'?
I assume this would still be the best/preferred way to wire up his setup. If he decides to run the SWG for less than 24x7 (due to too much output for instance), the timer would allow for some leeway there. Any other pros/cons to this setup or 'gotchas' I haven't thought of?
So I've read through various forum threads like this: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/new-pentair-intelliflo-vsf-with-mechanical-timer.180170/, and wanted to get a sanity check. It seems like the best thing to do is to run the pump to the LINE so it gets constant power and run the SWG to the LOAD so it runs only when the Intermatic timer allows it. He's planning on running the pump AND SWG 24x7 so I assume he would just leave the Intermatic timer 'on'.
Question is, with this setup, is there anything to guarantee the SWG isn't on while the pump is not flowing (other than the flow switch on the SWG)? For instance, if he manually stops the pump to clean it out, the SWG would continue to get power? I assume it would always get power unless the Intermatic switch is flipped to 'off'?
I assume this would still be the best/preferred way to wire up his setup. If he decides to run the SWG for less than 24x7 (due to too much output for instance), the timer would allow for some leeway there. Any other pros/cons to this setup or 'gotchas' I haven't thought of?