I downsized to a new (to me) home last month. This one has a pool that was built shortly after the house (early 80s), but they did an awful job with the equipment.
Pump and filter are in the garage, gas heater just outside of it.
All the gear is direct wired to breakers, didn't know you could get away with that, and since they were too cheap to buy a 220 breaker, the pump actually has two 110v breakers controlling it. They have used the breakers as switches to control the gear.
I'd like to automate it a bit, but seeing as how this isn't my dream house, I don't want to dump $500+ into some Jandy / Pentair controller.
I was thinking of just wiring a double gang box and passing the lighting and heater through two GE Zwave switches, then I could control those via HS3. The pump had me frustrated, but I think I can wire that through an Elk9200 relay, then maybe use an Aeon Labs Zwave appliance plug to control the relay and thus the pump. Then I can schedule it all via HS3 and adjust based on weather inputs?
Any thoughts? Better solutions?
Pump and filter are in the garage, gas heater just outside of it.
All the gear is direct wired to breakers, didn't know you could get away with that, and since they were too cheap to buy a 220 breaker, the pump actually has two 110v breakers controlling it. They have used the breakers as switches to control the gear.
I'd like to automate it a bit, but seeing as how this isn't my dream house, I don't want to dump $500+ into some Jandy / Pentair controller.
I was thinking of just wiring a double gang box and passing the lighting and heater through two GE Zwave switches, then I could control those via HS3. The pump had me frustrated, but I think I can wire that through an Elk9200 relay, then maybe use an Aeon Labs Zwave appliance plug to control the relay and thus the pump. Then I can schedule it all via HS3 and adjust based on weather inputs?
Any thoughts? Better solutions?