Thank you for the comment. My brand of lights actually changes with an on-off pattern. If you turn the lights on and off in less than a second, the color changes. So it is possible to change the color on my lights by doing this on the system.
@ thank you so much! I figured that out as well. I’m like how can the logic change the color when the power is running through a dry contact of the relay. Didn’t make sense. Then I read the manual! lol. Thanks again!
I have added a SWCG and want to hard wire it into the same relay that the Filter Pump is on but I'm not sure where the wires need to be connected. It's a Circupool Core55 and can take either 110 volts or 240v. I have 3 wires, black, white and green which is obviously ground. The terminals at the bottom of the relay have no wires currently connected and are labelled from left to right, line 1, Load, Line 2, Load. Do I connect the white and black wires to load (terminals 2 and 4) and then add two wires for line 1 and line 2 to go to the filter pump breaker?
Hey bud, quick question. So on the relay you have line in that's the power from the breaker if I understood your correctly. But then left is only one screw. Low-voltage lights have two wires on the cable. So do I just hook up the two wires in the same cable to the load one screw ? Thank you for your help.
Your low voltage wires are powered by a transformer that is 110v/120v. Ultimately you'll have a black (hot) wire and that is where you see I have three wires on that screw. One of those black wires represent your one black (hot) wire to your low voltage 110v to 18v (guessing yours is 18v or 24v) transformer. The white (neutral) wire you have will get tied back into all your other white wires in the box. I think I have understood and answered your question, if not, let me know.
If my landscape lights are low voltage, does the Pentair panel have a built in low voltage transformer that I can wire the light into therefore not requiring a separate low voltage transformer? And if so how do I determine the total amount of watts available from the low voltage relay so I can determine the total number of LED landscape lights I can support? Thanks
Thanks for the comment. I am not sure they have such unless you buy their kit. you can buy one that works, even a laptop charger assuming your LEDs work on DC you'll want an AC/DC transformer and put it on an outlet that is off one of those Pentair relays for 110v. Here's what you want to look for for the output...the voltage should be within the specs of what the LEDs work on. A lot of times this may be a range of 9-24v. So in that case a 12v transformer would work. Add up the wattage of each light in your landscape lighting design. Multiply the total wattage by 1.25 to adjust for loss due to cable distance. For the example, 240 x 1.25 = 300. Choose a transformer that supplies no less than the required wattage. Does this make sense? I actually have this type of setup with my landscape lights on the front of my house. They are powered with an old laptop charging brick that I already had on hand. Remember, LEDs are usually polarity sensitive so if the wiring does not initially work switch the hot and ground on the low voltage.
Hi there. I need a little bit more information too understand your question. Does your lighting system have a timer that is mechanical? Mine is digital and is set using my app on my phone or the small interface on my easytouch system.
Great vid. I Makes sense to me. Does the color changing option function from the app when set up this way? For your pool lights that is
Thank you for the comment. My brand of lights actually changes with an on-off pattern. If you turn the lights on and off in less than a second, the color changes. So it is possible to change the color on my lights by doing this on the system.
@ thank you so much! I figured that out as well. I’m like how can the logic change the color when the power is running through a dry contact of the relay. Didn’t make sense. Then I read the manual! lol. Thanks again!
How did you wore your transformers. I’m having a bit of difficulty
My transformer is separate because it's not a pentair brand. Therefore it runs off of 115 volt, and I wired it into one of the relays.
I have added a SWCG and want to hard wire it into the same relay that the Filter Pump is on but I'm not sure where the wires need to be connected. It's a Circupool Core55 and can take either 110 volts or 240v. I have 3 wires, black, white and green which is obviously ground. The terminals at the bottom of the relay have no wires currently connected and are labelled from left to right, line 1, Load, Line 2, Load.
Do I connect the white and black wires to load (terminals 2 and 4) and then add two wires for line 1 and line 2 to go to the filter pump breaker?
Yours may be different but I made a video for you here... ua-cam.com/video/Eq3Qb70tOwo/v-deo.html
Great video, thanks for doing this.
Hey bud, quick question. So on the relay you have line in that's the power from the breaker if I understood your correctly. But then left is only one screw. Low-voltage lights have two wires on the cable. So do I just hook up the two wires in the same cable to the load one screw ? Thank you for your help.
Your low voltage wires are powered by a transformer that is 110v/120v. Ultimately you'll have a black (hot) wire and that is where you see I have three wires on that screw. One of those black wires represent your one black (hot) wire to your low voltage 110v to 18v (guessing yours is 18v or 24v) transformer. The white (neutral) wire you have will get tied back into all your other white wires in the box. I think I have understood and answered your question, if not, let me know.
If my landscape lights are low voltage, does the Pentair panel have a built in low voltage transformer that I can wire the light into therefore not requiring a separate low voltage transformer? And if so how do I determine the total amount of watts available from the low voltage relay so I can determine the total number of LED landscape lights I can support? Thanks
Thanks for the comment. I am not sure they have such unless you buy their kit. you can buy one that works, even a laptop charger assuming your LEDs work on DC you'll want an AC/DC transformer and put it on an outlet that is off one of those Pentair relays for 110v. Here's what you want to look for for the output...the voltage should be within the specs of what the LEDs work on. A lot of times this may be a range of 9-24v. So in that case a 12v transformer would work. Add up the wattage of each light in your landscape lighting design.
Multiply the total wattage by 1.25 to adjust for loss due to cable distance. For the example, 240 x 1.25 = 300.
Choose a transformer that supplies no less than the required wattage.
Does this make sense? I actually have this type of setup with my landscape lights on the front of my house. They are powered with an old laptop charging brick that I already had on hand. Remember, LEDs are usually polarity sensitive so if the wiring does not initially work switch the hot and ground on the low voltage.
I updated my response to correct my errors.
what tansformer did you use?
My yard lights are 110v so no transformer nessecary. My underwater lights are S.R. Smith Fiberstars and came with a transformer.
thanks that was great
What about the timer?
Hi there. I need a little bit more information too understand your question. Does your lighting system have a timer that is mechanical? Mine is digital and is set using my app on my phone or the small interface on my easytouch system.