WayneW
Senior Member
I recently purchased a house with a swimming pool/spa combo and am wondering what to do with it (automation wise). The pool has a solar heater, the spa has an LP gas heater, the plumbing is combined through one pump/filter system. The setup is about 12 years old and has an almost dead re-branded Jandy JI2000 control system. The only thing that still works is the timer for running the pump every day and the 2 actual valve actuators. Jandy tech support and I agree that the brain is dead. Repairing the brain or upgrading to a newer brain are both pretty expensive.
The whole system seems pretty simple to me and very overpriced. Am I underestimating what a current pool control system could do for me? Between HomeSeer, X-10 and an Elk M1G, I think I already have almost everything I need.
I would like to monitor:
What is a good way to monitor water level? I don't just want to auto fill based on a float switch, I would like to actually read the water level to 0.25 inch or so.
The whole system seems pretty simple to me and very overpriced. Am I underestimating what a current pool control system could do for me? Between HomeSeer, X-10 and an Elk M1G, I think I already have almost everything I need.
I would like to monitor:
- pump on/off status
- water pressure
- water actually flowing yes/no
- gas heater on/off
- solar heater on/off
- water temperature
- water level
What is a good way to monitor water level? I don't just want to auto fill based on a float switch, I would like to actually read the water level to 0.25 inch or so.