On my parents pool they have a Pentair VS pump that is programmed to run at predetermined times as programmed thru the pump software. I want to install a salt water generator and in my way of thinking it should be wired to the pump so that it shuts off and on with the pump. If it was wired to a timer you could possibly have the pump off (due to the on board programming) and the saltwater generator on. Syncing the timer with the pump programming just sounds like a recipe for disaster. Every power outage would require a re-sync. I have not seen anything online about attaching the SWG to the pump? Am I missing something?
Direct wired IC60
- Thread starter jasonknox
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You can have a timer for the SWCG that runs inside the scheduled pump run time so it'll turn on after the pump is already on and off before the pump off schedule.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,670
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Members here have constructed current sensing relays that would sense when the pump is running and close a relay to turn on the SWG.
A search should find a few threads on it.
A search should find a few threads on it.
Jason,
Your folk's VS pump should be wired to constant AC power.. So, if you wire it to the same power, the cell will have constant AC power even when the pump is off.. Cells that have power, when the pump is off, is not a good plan. If the flow switch fails, the cell can actually explode!!!
Does not happen often, but often enough to be reported by our members.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Your folk's VS pump should be wired to constant AC power.. So, if you wire it to the same power, the cell will have constant AC power even when the pump is off.. Cells that have power, when the pump is off, is not a good plan. If the flow switch fails, the cell can actually explode!!!
Does not happen often, but often enough to be reported by our members.
Thanks,
Jim R.
You can also wire a flow switch to a small relay which will break the ac power to the SWCG controller when the flow stops.
Or the switch in the link below
https://harwil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Q-8_datasheet_7.1.pdf
Or the switch in the link below
https://harwil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Q-8_datasheet_7.1.pdf