Questions about adding an automation-controlled fill line to my equipment pad

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Soupy

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I've got a hose bib about 10 feet from my equipment pad. I'd like to add a connection to add fill water into the plumbing at the pad. I'm pretty sure a setup like this has been done before, but I haven't found the details in the searches I ran... I've found more information about auto-fill systems, which isn't what I'm looking for. I want a hard-plumbed system that I can control via my Intellicenter or another convenient and reliable system.

Here's what I'm thinking:

The idea is to use the Egg Timer capabilities of the Intellicenter to run the fill valve open for a fixed number of hours.

The biggest questions I have are:
  • Is this all the hardware I need? Do I need a check valve or any other components on the supply line, or is the Pressure Vacuum Breaker all I need, given that I'd have pool pump pressure potentially pushing water into the house plumbing.
  • I'm not that familiar with pool valves and how a controller runs them. Can I connect an irrigation valve to the Intellicenter? Or should I look at using one of the AUX circuits to control a relay and operate this valve?
 
Soupy,

I have what you are talking about only I get my water from the water sprinkler system, which is isolated from the house water by a double check valve required before you can hook up a sprinkler system.

I have a small 24 volt transformer that I use to generate the voltage for the fill line sprinkler valve. No way would I use a brand new IntelliCenter to supply current to something it was not designed for..

The 120 volts to the transformer is controlled by an Aux relay that is manually turned on and is shut off by an egg-timer.

Other than hooking directly to the house water, I don't see any issues..

thanks,

Jim R.
 
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Using the valve control could be done safely, particularly if I add an inline fuse, but I'd have to figure out what current level to fuse it at. It's probably easier to use an AUX circuit as you describe.
 
My autofill line works the old-fashioned way with a float valve.

There is a 2-way splitter (with shut-off valves for each leg) connected to a faucet on the side of the house. One side of the splitter goes to a buried pvc pipe that is connected to the float valve under the decking. I leave the faucet valve and valve for the leg to the pool on all summer. Each spring when we open the pool I usually have to tweak the adjusting screw on the float to get the water level right where I want it. Other than that, zero maintenance. It has been working fine for 8 years.
 
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