To protect us in this situation, the device very quickly cuts off the power supply to the leaking device, within 20-30 milliseconds, greatly reducing any possible human tissue damage from errant current. If there's the slightest difference in current, on the order of a few milliamps, then there is current leaking out somewhere, possibly through somebody's body. It works by comparing the input current on the hot side to the output current on the neutral side. I am pretty mechanically inclined, but electrical work always makes me feel like an idiot.A GFI, or GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interupter device protects us from receiving electric shocks from faults in the electrical devices we use in our home.
#T200044 pool control panel gif outlet install
I will remove the old pump and install the new pump basically wiring it up just like the old one was.Īs I said. I will connect the black and red wire to the new gfci breaker, put the breaker back on the bar and then connect the pigtail white wire to the neutral bar. I will remove the dual pole breaker in the top left, and disconnect the black and red wire from it. Here's my approach for this, please correct me on any of it if I am incorrect:įlip the Pool Breaker feeding the Pentair Panel in my main house panel to shut of power to the Pentair panel. My step brother, who owns a pool company and who I bought the equipment from, said to also replace the top left dual pole breaker with a GFCI breaker. In addition to that, I just picked up a new Sta-Rite Intellipro Variable Speed Pump that will be replacing my single speed 2HP pump (the electricity cost is outrageous). What would be the best approach to achieve this. Having it scheduled to turn on and off with my pool lights (7-11pm) would be ideal, but I could always put it on a separate aux and schedule that. What I wanted to do was connect it to an aux in the Pentair panel so i could control it with the easytouch remote. Since it's outside, I was going to use a GFCI with the appropriate outdoor cover. To do this, I am putting an outlet under the eve of my pool shed to plug them into, which is next to the Pentair panel. I have some xmas style lights that I am running across 20 or so ft. Let me give you some context for what I am trying to achieve. If the existing GFCI in the box keeps tripping, then I will put it on a dedicated breaker. If could easily put in another single pole 20 amp breaker and wire it to an empty aux just to make sure I do not exceed the amperage, but for what I am using it for I'll see how it goes. I will wire the outlet with #12 AWG THHN Solid black, white, and gray wiring. I have the raintite cover and box already mounted and the gray flexible conduit running about 3 ft from the Pentair panel to the shed and then about 7 ft up the shed wall under the eve. And I'm not sure what your wire run length will be from the Jandy to the receptacle, and I know the load won't be much (unless you plug in a bug zapper or a weed whacker or something), but you should wire it with #12 AWG THHN (or equiv) even though you could get away with #14. And definitely get an "in use" raintite cover for the box - keeps things dry while plugged in (kind of pricey but they work well).
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